Roles of novelty, generalization, and postingestive feedback in the recognition of foods by lambs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3060-3069

  Villalba, J J ^a   Provenza, F D ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding Preferences; Flavor; Food Acceptability; Food Preferences; Novel Foods; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; OVIS ARIES; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

LITHIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; TASTE;

ANIMALS; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; RUMEN; SHEEP; TASTE;

EID: 0034548648     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.78123060x     Document Type: Article

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