Allonursing in Wild and Farm Animals: Biological and Physiological Foundations and Explanatory Hypotheses

The dams of gregarious animals must develop a close bond with their newborns to provide them with maternal care, including protection against predators, immunological transference, and nutrition. Even though lactation demands high energy expenditures, behaviors known as allonursing (the nursing of n...

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Autores principales:	Daniel Mota-Rojas, Míriam Marcet-Rius, Aline Freitas-de-Melo, Ramon Muns, Patricia Mora-Medina, Adriana Domínguez-Oliva, Agustín Orihuela
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	animal perinatology non-offspring nursing fostering mismothering lactation Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:64848fd8b99841ffb74000d8fe197d432021-11-25T16:15:01ZAllonursing in Wild and Farm Animals: Biological and Physiological Foundations and Explanatory Hypotheses10.3390/ani111130922076-2615https://doaj.org/article/64848fd8b99841ffb74000d8fe197d432021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/11/3092https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2615The dams of gregarious animals must develop a close bond with their newborns to provide them with maternal care, including protection against predators, immunological transference, and nutrition. Even though lactation demands high energy expenditures, behaviors known as allonursing (the nursing of non-descendant infants) and allosuckling (suckling from any female other than the mother) have been reported in various species of wild or domestic, and terrestrial or aquatic animals. These behaviors seem to be elements of a multifactorial strategy, since reports suggest that they depend on the following: species, living conditions, social stability, and kinship relations, among other group factors. Despite their potential benefits, allonursing and allosuckling can place the health and welfare of both non-filial dams and alien offspring at risk, as it augments the probability of pathogen transmission. This review aims to analyze the biological and physiological foundations and bioenergetic costs of these behaviors, analyzing the individual and collective advantages and disadvantages for the dams’ own offspring(s) and alien neonate(s). We also include information on the animal species in which these behaviors occur and their implications on animal welfare.Daniel Mota-RojasMíriam Marcet-RiusAline Freitas-de-MeloRamon MunsPatricia Mora-MedinaAdriana Domínguez-OlivaAgustín OrihuelaMDPI AGarticleanimal perinatologynon-offspring nursingfosteringmismotheringlactationVeterinary medicineSF600-1100ZoologyQL1-991ENAnimals, Vol 11, Iss 3092, p 3092 (2021)
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topic	animal perinatology non-offspring nursing fostering mismothering lactation Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991
spellingShingle	animal perinatology non-offspring nursing fostering mismothering lactation Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991 Daniel Mota-Rojas Míriam Marcet-Rius Aline Freitas-de-Melo Ramon Muns Patricia Mora-Medina Adriana Domínguez-Oliva Agustín Orihuela Allonursing in Wild and Farm Animals: Biological and Physiological Foundations and Explanatory Hypotheses
description	The dams of gregarious animals must develop a close bond with their newborns to provide them with maternal care, including protection against predators, immunological transference, and nutrition. Even though lactation demands high energy expenditures, behaviors known as allonursing (the nursing of non-descendant infants) and allosuckling (suckling from any female other than the mother) have been reported in various species of wild or domestic, and terrestrial or aquatic animals. These behaviors seem to be elements of a multifactorial strategy, since reports suggest that they depend on the following: species, living conditions, social stability, and kinship relations, among other group factors. Despite their potential benefits, allonursing and allosuckling can place the health and welfare of both non-filial dams and alien offspring at risk, as it augments the probability of pathogen transmission. This review aims to analyze the biological and physiological foundations and bioenergetic costs of these behaviors, analyzing the individual and collective advantages and disadvantages for the dams’ own offspring(s) and alien neonate(s). We also include information on the animal species in which these behaviors occur and their implications on animal welfare.
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author	Daniel Mota-Rojas Míriam Marcet-Rius Aline Freitas-de-Melo Ramon Muns Patricia Mora-Medina Adriana Domínguez-Oliva Agustín Orihuela
author_facet	Daniel Mota-Rojas Míriam Marcet-Rius Aline Freitas-de-Melo Ramon Muns Patricia Mora-Medina Adriana Domínguez-Oliva Agustín Orihuela
author_sort	Daniel Mota-Rojas
title	Allonursing in Wild and Farm Animals: Biological and Physiological Foundations and Explanatory Hypotheses
title_short	Allonursing in Wild and Farm Animals: Biological and Physiological Foundations and Explanatory Hypotheses
title_full	Allonursing in Wild and Farm Animals: Biological and Physiological Foundations and Explanatory Hypotheses
title_fullStr	Allonursing in Wild and Farm Animals: Biological and Physiological Foundations and Explanatory Hypotheses
title_full_unstemmed	Allonursing in Wild and Farm Animals: Biological and Physiological Foundations and Explanatory Hypotheses
title_sort	allonursing in wild and farm animals: biological and physiological foundations and explanatory hypotheses
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/64848fd8b99841ffb74000d8fe197d43
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Allonursing in Wild and Farm Animals: Biological and Physiological Foundations and Explanatory Hypotheses

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