The effects of acute simultaneous exposure to ammonia on the detection of buried odourized food by pigs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 305-319

  Jones, J B ^a   Carmichael, N L ^b   Wathes, C M ^a   White, R P ^a   Jones, R B ^b  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Odourized food preference; Olfactory perception; Pig feeding and nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033970559     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00063-5     Document Type: Article

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