Mild conditioned food aversions developed by sheep towards flavors associated with plant secondary compounds

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 727-746

  Kyriazakis, I ^a   Papachristou, T G ^a,c   Duncan, A J ^b   Gordon, I J ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

condensed tannins; Conditioned flavor aversions; intake; oxalic acid; plant secondary compounds; sheep; toxins

Indexed keywords

CELL FUSING AGENT VIRUS; OVIS ARIES; SCHINOPSIS BALANSAE;

EID: 0030981066     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000006407.68081.26     Document Type: Article

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