Responses to odorants by the domestic chick

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1441-1447

  Burne, Thomas H J ^a   Rogers, Lesley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allyl sulfide; Behavioral test; Chicks; Concentration response curves; EC50; Eugenol; Isoamyl acetate; Olfaction; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALLYL SULFIDE; EUGENOL; ISOPENTYL ACETATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HABITUATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING;

EID: 0030561415     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00300-9     Document Type: Article

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