Association in horses of orosensory characteristics of foods with their post-ingestive consequences

Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 257-265

  Cairns, M C ^a   Cooper, J J ^b   Davidson, H P B ^c   Mills, D S ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^c WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Flavour; Food; Horses; Preferences

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MENTHA;

EID: 0036774701     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800053017     Document Type: Article

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