Table 1.

Effect of nares occlusion on coital performance in female and male ferrets

Group	n	Neck grip1-a (latency, sec)	Mount1-a (latency, sec)	Thrusting1-a (latency, sec)	Intromission1-a (latency, sec)	Intromission1-b	Intromission1-a (duration, sec)	AGI (duration, sec)
Females
Initial test
Sham-occluded	5	80  ± 20	120  ± 25	213  ± 17	1006  ± 61	5 /5	918  ± 118	13  ± 1
Nares-occluded	4	85  ± 9	114  ± 12	260  ± 25	1408  ± 239	2 /4	940  ± 133	1  ± 0*
End of study
Sham-occluded	5	47  ± 6	103  ± 33	388  ± 104	881  ± 249	5 /5	NC	NC
Nares-occluded	4	146  ± 60	215  ± 94	426  ± 61	1102  ± 317	4 /4	NC	NC
Males
Initial test
Sham-occluded	5	108  ± 23	116  ± 45	606  ± 167	1558  ± 146	3 /5	604  ± 180	38  ± 15
Nares-occluded	5	45  ± 12*	64  ± 14	258  ± 72	1470  ± 94	3 /5	826  ± 97	1  ± 1*
End of Study
Sham-occluded	5	102  ± 12	169  ± 35	302  ± 42	993  ± 214	5 /5	4267  ± 289	NC
Nares-occluded	5	43  ± 30	69  ± 44	308  ± 167	893  ± 234	5 /5	3122  ± 859	NC

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM. AGI, Anogenital investigation; NC, data not collected.

^F1-aBy definition, behaviors listed were received by female and performed by male subjects.

^F1-bProportion of ferrets receiving or achieving at least one intromission.

^*p < 0.01; Student–Neuman–Keuls post hoc comparisons with same-sex sham-occluded subjects.