A note on averting goats to a toxic but palatable plant, Leucaena leucocephala

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 396-401

  Gorniak, Silvana Lima ^a   Pfister, James A ^b   Lanzonia, Elaine Cristina ^a   Raspantini, Ester Rainert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b USDA ARS POISONOUS PLANT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned taste aversion; Diet selection; Poisonous plants

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; CHLORIDE; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GOAT; LEGUME; LITHIUM; LIVESTOCK FARMING; TOXIC ORGANISM;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; SACCHARUM;

EID: 41749116143     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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