[Study, after stopping treatment, of the consequences of the injection of male hormones in mares on their social behavior and hierarchical position].

Abstract

The androgenization of a more belonging to a social group where it held a stable hierarchic rank, or a mare recently admitted to this group, increases their status in the hierarchic order and the position acquired is subsequently maintained; in some cases, they continue to rise in the hierarchic order long after the injections of male hormones has been stopped. Some elements of the social behaviour of a stallion appear during the treatment; these elements may persist long after the mares have regained their female hormone balance, corroborated by the establishment of a standard pregnancy.

• Authors: B Cougouille-Gauffreteau, M Jussiaux, C Trillaud
• Journal: Comptes rendus des seances de l'Academie des sciences. Serie III, Sciences de la vie (C R Seances Acad Sci III) Vol. 292 Issue 18 Pg. 1073-6 (May 18 1981) ISSN: 0249-6313 [Print] France
• Vernacular Title: Etude, après arrêt du traitement, des conséquences de l'injection d'hormones mâles à des juments sur leur comportement social et leur position hiérarchique.
• PMID: 6790138 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Testosterone Congeners

Topics

• Aggression (drug effects)
• Animals
• Female
• Hierarchy, Social
• Horses (physiology)
• Humans
• Social Behavior
• Testosterone Congeners (pharmacology)
• Time Factors