Conditioned food aversions: Principles and practices, with special reference to social facilitation

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 813-820

  Ralphs, Michael H ^a   Provenza, Frederick D ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned food aversion; Diet selection; Poisonous plants; Social facilitation

Indexed keywords

AVERSION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDITIONING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD INTAKE; PLANT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; DELPHINIUM BARBEYI; DELPHINIUM EXALTATUM; OXYTROPIS SERICEA; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 0033500198     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002966519900110X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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