Deviche P, Balthazart J
Laboratoire de Biochimie Générale et Comparée, Université de Liège, 17 Place Delcour, B-4020 Liège, Belgium.
Behav Processes. 1976 Nov;1(3):217-32. doi: 10.1016/0376-6357(76)90023-1.
Young male domestic ducks 20-72 days old were successively injected with two hormonal preparations. The first hormone treatment included males injected with testosterone propionate (TP), human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), pregnant mare serum (PMS), control oil injected males (C) and males injected with TP and submitted at the same time to a permanent intense light. During the second hormonal treatment all males except controls were injected with TP. Almost no behavioural effects were observed in any group of males following the first treatment. The second one, however, induced intense social display and sexual behaviour in the four TP-injected groups. Some qualitative and quantitative differences were found between groups according to the first hormone treatment to which they had been submitted. This suggests a possible role of gonadotropic hormones in the control of social behaviour in ducks. Experimental data supporting this hypothesis are briefly reviewed and discussed.
选取20至72日龄的雄性幼鸭，先后对其注射两种激素制剂。首次激素处理包括：注射丙酸睾酮（TP）的雄性鸭、注射人绒毛膜促性腺激素（HCG）的雄性鸭、注射孕马血清（PMS）的雄性鸭、注射对照油剂的雄性鸭（C），以及注射TP并同时接受持续强光照射的雄性鸭。在第二次激素处理期间，除对照组外，所有雄性鸭均注射TP。首次处理后，几乎未在任何一组雄性鸭中观察到行为影响。然而，第二次处理在四个注射TP的组中诱发了强烈的社会展示和性行为。根据它们首次接受的激素处理，各实验组之间存在一些定性和定量的差异。这表明促性腺激素在鸭类社会行为控制中可能发挥作用。本文简要回顾并讨论了支持这一假设的实验数据。
