Nutritional context influences preferences of lambs for foods with plant secondary metabolites

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 293-305

  Baraza, Elena ^a   Villalba, Juan J ^b   Provenza, Frederick D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical diversity; Nutrition; Preference; Sheep; Tannins; Terpenes

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; HERBIVORY; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 13844259746     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.11.010     Document Type: Article

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