Prenatal and early sucking influences on dietary preference in newborn, weaning, and young adult cats

Chemical Senses

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 755-766

  Hepper, P G ^a   Wells, D L ^a   Millsopp, S ^a   Kraehenbuehl, K ^b   Lyn, S A ^b   Mauroux, O ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cat; Dietary preference; Long term preference; Nursing; Prenatal learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL CAT; FEMALE; FLAVOR; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUCKING; TASTE PREFERENCE; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BENZALDEHYDES; CATS; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GUAIACOL; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; WEANING;

EID: 84866393263     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjs062     Document Type: Article

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