Learned aversion towards oxalic acid-containing foods by goats: Does rumen adaptation to oxalic acid influence diet choice?

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 383-397

  Frutos, Pilar ^a,c   Duncan, Alan J ^a   Kyriazakis, Ilias ^b   Gordon, Iain J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conditioned aversions; Diet selection; Physiological adaptation; Ruminants; Secondarry compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031892794     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022544827979     Document Type: Article

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