Do sheep use umami and bitter tastes as cues of post-ingestive consequences when selecting their diet?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 115-123

  Favreau, Angélique ^a   Baumont, René ^a   Ferreira, Guillaume ^b,c   Dumont, Bertrand ^a   Ginane, Cécile ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^c NutriNeuro Bordeaux University   (France)

Author keywords

Cue; Food learning; Herbivore; Preference; Primary taste

Indexed keywords

DIET; GRAZING; LEARNING; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SHEEP; TASTE;

DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78549265525     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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