A simple method for testing odor detection and discrimination in chicks

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 459-462

  Porter, R H ^a   Hepper, P G ^b   Bouchot, C ^c   Picard, M ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

Author keywords

Chicks; Odor discrimination; Olfaction; Perception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; FOOD DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SMELLING; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0032885537     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00056-6     Document Type: Article

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