Petkov P I, Georgiev P, Delistamatis V
Vet Med Nauki. 1987;24(8):75-80.
Studied were 66 hybrid Camborough pigs aged 2 months and equated in terms of live weight. Fourteen of them were defined as aggressors (attackers) and 12--as victims that were bit to a varying extent on the body. Another group of 40 pigs were kept as controls. Studied were the clinical symptoms manifested by both the pigs exhibiting cannibalism and by those that suffered, following up a number of biochemical indices. The quantitative fluctuations with the amounts of Ca, P, Mg, K, Na, Fe, Zn, and Cu were also followed up in all groups of animals. Differences were established between the levels of the various macro- and microelements. Ascertained was the part played by the thyroid, employing radioimmunologic methods with its hormones in the etiopathogenesis of cannibalism.
研究对象为66头2月龄、体重相当的杂交坎布罗猪。其中14头被界定为攻击者，12头为受害者，身体不同程度被咬伤。另外40头猪作为对照组饲养。研究了出现同类相食行为的猪以及受害猪所表现出的临床症状，并跟踪了多项生化指标。还跟踪了所有动物组中钙、磷、镁、钾、钠、铁、锌和铜含量的定量波动情况。确定了各种常量和微量元素水平之间的差异。采用放射免疫方法及其激素，确定了甲状腺在同类相食病因学中所起的作用。
