TY - JOUR AU - Hudson, Robyn AU - Rangassamy, Marylin AU - Saldaña, Amor AU - Bánszegi, Oxána AU - Rödel, Heiko G. PY - 2015 DA - 2015/08/24 TI - Stable individual differences in separation calls during early development in cats and mice JO - Frontiers in Zoology SP - S12 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - The development of ethologically meaningful test paradigms in young animals is an essential step in the study of the ontogeny of animal personality. Here we explore the possibility to integrate offspring separation (distress) calls into the study of consistent individual differences in behaviour in two species of mammals, the domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus) and the mound-building mouse (Mus spicilegus). Such vocal responses in young mammals are a potentially useful test option as they represent an important element of mother-offspring communication with strong implications for offspring survival. In addition, the neural control of vocalisation is closely associated with emotional state. SN - 1742-9994 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-12-S1-S12 DO - 10.1186/1742-9994-12-S1-S12 ID - Hudson2015 ER -