Chang Y M, Kelliher K R, Baum M J
Department of Biology, Boston University, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
J Comp Psychol. 2000 Dec;114(4):401-7. doi: 10.1037/0735-7036.114.4.401.
Gonadectomized male and female ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) given either testosterone propionate (TP) or oil vehicle preferred to investigate the side of a test cage previously soiled by a breeding male or female as opposed to a clean side. Male and female ferrets receiving TP showed more urogenital wiping than oil-treated animals in either side of the test cage. In a 2nd experiment, ferrets treated sequentially with TP, oil, and estradiol benzoate (EB) were given simultaneous access to sides of a test cage previously soiled by either a breeding female or male. Either EB or TP treatment of females and TP treatment of males facilitated the investigation of odors of opposite-sex ferrets. Females given TP and males given either TP or EB showed increased urogenital wiping in both sides of the test cage. Sex steroids modulate scent investigation and marking in adult ferrets in a sexually differentiated fashion.
切除性腺的雄性和雌性雪貂（欧洲雪貂），给予丙酸睾酮（TP）或油性赋形剂后，相较于干净的一侧，它们更倾向于去调查测试笼中先前被繁殖期雄性或雌性弄脏的一侧。接受TP的雄性和雌性雪貂在测试笼的任何一侧都比接受油性处理的动物表现出更多的泌尿生殖擦拭行为。在第二个实验中，依次用TP、油性赋形剂和苯甲酸雌二醇（EB）处理的雪貂可以同时接触到先前被繁殖期雌性或雄性弄脏的测试笼的两侧。雌性用EB或TP处理以及雄性用TP处理都促进了对异性雪貂气味的调查。接受TP的雌性和接受TP或EB的雄性在测试笼两侧的泌尿生殖擦拭行为都有所增加。性类固醇以性别分化的方式调节成年雪貂的气味调查和标记行为。
