Generalization of conditioned food aversions in grazing sheep and its implications for food categorization

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 178-186

  Ginane, Cécile ^a   Dumont, Bertrand ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Aversion; Categorization; Conditioning; Foraging behaviour; Generalization; Sheep

Indexed keywords

FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD SELECTION; GRASS; GRAZING; PASTURE; SHEEP;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD AVERSION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRASS; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); POACEAE; SHEEP; TASTE;

ANIMALIA; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; LOLIUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33747625431     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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