Social defeat models in animal science: What we have learned from rodent models

• Published in: Animal science journal Vol. 88; no. 7; pp. 944 - 952
• Main Author: Toyoda, Atsushi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2017; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Animal models; Animal production; Animal sciences; Animal Welfare; Animals; Behavior, Animal; depression; Disease Models, Animal; feed; Food; Functional foods & nutraceuticals; Health problems; Humans; Mental disorders; Metabolism; metabolome; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Inbred ICR; Nutrition; Review; Social Alienation - psychology; Social behavior; social defeat; Social interactions; Stress; Stress, Psychological - metabolism; Stress, Psychological - physiopathology; Stress, Psychological - psychology; Stresses; Zoology; feed; depression; social defeat; metabolome

Studies on stress and its impacts on animals are very important in many fields of science, including animal science, because various stresses influence animal production and animal welfare. In particular, the social stresses within animal groups have profound impact on animals, with the potential to...