Learning to smell: Repeated exposure increases sensitivity to androstenone, a major component of boar taint

Meat Science

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 425-431

  Mörlein, Daniel ^a   Meier Dinkel, Lisa ^a   Moritz, Jasmin ^a   Sharifi, Ahmad Reza ^a   Knorr, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anosmia; Discrimination; Odor liking; Olfactory learning; Piglet castration

Indexed keywords

ANOSMIA; CONTROL GROUPS; DETECTION RATES; DISCRIMINATION; FILTER PAPERS; INITIAL ASSESSMENT; OLFACTORY LEARNING; PIGLET CASTRATION;

ABILITY TESTING;

SUIDAE;

ANDROST 16 EN 3 ONE; ANDROST-16-EN-3-ONE; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; ODOR; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SWINE;

ADULT; ANDROSTENES; ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL; SWINE;

EID: 84876719293     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2013.03.020     Document Type: Article

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