Perinatal olfactory learning in the domestic dog

Chemical Senses

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 207-212

  Hepper, Peter G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary preferences; Dog; Learning; Odor; Prenatal; Suckling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANISE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD SAFETY; LEARNING; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SMELLING; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DOGS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LACTATION; LEARNING; MOTHERS; PIMPINELLA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SMELL; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; MYRRHIS ODORATA;

EID: 33645241827     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjj020     Document Type: Article

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