Feeding preferences in lambs influenced by prenatal flavour exposure

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 529-536

  Simitzis, Panagiotis E ^a   Deligeorgis, Stelios G ^a   Bizelis, Joseph A ^a   Fegeros, Kostantinos ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Feeding preferences; Flavour; Olfaction; Oregano; Sheep; Taste; Utero

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL;

ADULTHOOD; ALFALFA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EATING; EUCALYPTUS; FEEDING; FEMALE; FLAVOR; FOOD INTAKE; HAY; LAMB; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORANGE (FRUIT); PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY;

EID: 38849166699     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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