Food Flavor and Nutritional Characteristics Alter Dynamics of Food Preference in Lambs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 728-734

  Early, David M ^a   Provenza, Frederick D ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flavor; Food Preferences; Varieties

Indexed keywords

FLAVORING AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIGESTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHEEP; TASTE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; FLAVORING AGENTS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SHEEP; TASTE;

EID: 0032011585     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.763728x     Document Type: Article

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