Immature animal

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Broader Terms

animal age group

Narrower Terms

infant animal, juvenile animal, larva

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• If an immature animal is chronically deprived of protein, its growth will be stunted, since it won't be able to synthesize the proteins that cells need to grow and divide.
• Although survival of the immature animal subjected to hypoxic environment is longer than in the mature animal, the central nervous system of the immature animal is more sensitive to glutamate and N-Methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-mediated injury.
• An immature animal is not placed together with an adult animal, except with its mother or when permanently maintained in a breeding colony.
• The mechanism for this marked sensitivity in the immature animal is believed to be due to the fact that the young rat is less able to detoxify this pesticide than the adult because they are deficient in enzymes that detoxify the pesticide.
• An immature animal is less threatening and more likely to submit to another animal, so probably maximizes the chances of a successful pairing.

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