Learning of olfactory cues is not necessary for early lamb recognition by the mother

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 405-412

  Ferreira, Guillaume ^a   Terrazas, Angelica ^b   Poindron, Pascal ^b   Nowak, Raymond ^a   Orgeur, Pierre ^a   Lévy, Frédéric ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Audition; Maternal behavior; Olfaction; Sheep; Vision; Young recognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LAMB; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; VISION;

EID: 0034210098     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00211-0     Document Type: Article

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