Amongst the array of sensory cues maternal ewes provide to their lambs, the role of odors still remains unclear in Ovis aries . Specifically, the communicatory potential on lambs of the scent released by the ewes’ perimammary inguinal glands is little studied. It is thus worthy to increase our insight about the adaptive value of ovine inguinal glands, the chemical nature of their secretion (i.e., inguinal wax, IW) and their co...