Failure of LiCl-conditioned taste aversion to prevent dogs from attacking sheep

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 251-256

  Hansen, Inger ^a   Bakken, Morten ^b   Braastad, Bjarne Olai ^b  

^a Tjøtta Rural Devmt Centre   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dog; LiCl; Predation; Taste aversion conditioning techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030780146     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01181-1     Document Type: Article

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