Identification of behaviorally significant volatile compounds in the anal gland of the rabbit,Oryctolagus cuniculus |
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| Authors: | B. S. Goodrich E. R. Hesterman K. E. Murray R. Mykytowycz G. Stanley G. Sugowdz |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Division of Wildlife Research, CSIRO, 2113 North Ryde, New South Wales;(2) Division of Wildlife Research, CSIRO, Australian Capital Territory, 2602 Canberra;(3) Division of Food Research, CSIRO, 2113 North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Abstract: | An investigation of the anal gland volatiles of the male wild rabbitOryctolagus cuniculus has been made in which the heart rate of adult male rabbits, positioned to sniff the effluent from a gas chromatographie capillary column, has been employed as an indicator for the presence of constituents of likely behavioral significance. The examination by this means of the headspace volatiles of homogenized anal glands using gas chromatography and gas chromatography—mass spectrometry has implicated a number of saturated and monounsaturated normal and methyl-branched aldehydes in the C9–C12 range. |
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| Keywords: | rabbits
Oryctolagus cuniculus
cardiac responses anal glands aldehydes headspace collection gas chromatography GC-MS |
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