Lack of a response of the sub-tropical rodent (Saccostomus campestris) to a secondary plant compound, 6-methoxybenzoxazolinone—consequences for reproductive strategy

White, Rehema M; Bernard, Ric T F

Title: Lack of a response of the sub-tropical rodent (Saccostomus campestris) to a secondary plant compound, 6-methoxybenzoxazolinone—consequences for reproductive strategy
Creator: White, Rehema M, Bernard, Ric T F
Subject: To be catalogued
Date: 1999
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/447273
Identifier: vital:74601
Identifier: https://www.ajol.info/index.php/az/article/view/154795
Description: A potential strategy for southern African small mammals to maximise reproductive success is to cue breeding activity to rainfall and subsequent vegetative growth via a secondary plant compound such as 6-methoxybenzoxazolinone (6MBOA). This study investigated whether the sub-tropical rodent Saccostomus campestris utilised this compound to enhance reproductive activity. 6MBOA or control vehicle were injected into adult females and into peri-pubertal females under long day (LD) and short day (SD) photoperiods (adults n= 6 to 8: peri-pubertals n= 5 to 10/treatment). There was no significant effect of 6MBOA or photoperiod on uterine or ovarian masses nor on ovarian development in sacrificed animals, nor on age at vaginal opening of peri-pubertals It was concluded that 6MBOA is not a major stimulant of reproduction in this species. Rather, we propose that seasonal breeding occurs in response to multiple environmental cues. This reproductive strategy and omnivory permit.
Format: 5 pages, pdf
Language: English
Relation: African Zoology, White, R.M. and Bernard, R.T., 1999. Lack of a response of the sub-tropical rodent (Saccostomus campestris) to a secondary plant compound, 6-methoxybenzoxazolinone—consequences for reproductive strategy. African Zoology, 34(3), pp.108-113, African Zoology volume 34 number 3 109 113 1999 2224-073X
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