Conditioned flavour aversions in sheep: The relationship between the dose rate of a secondary plant compound and the acquisition and persistence of aversions

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-62

  Kyriazakis, I ^a   Anderson, D H ^a   Duncan, A J ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditioned flavour aversions; Diet selection; Oxalic acid; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OXALIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BOVIDS; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLAVOR; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SHEEP; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; OXALATES; OXALIC ACID; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CELL FUSING AGENT VIRUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031974318     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19980009     Document Type: Article

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