Social Influences on Conditioned Food Aversions in Sheep

Authors

Anna G. Thorhallsdottir, Utah State University
Frederick D. Provenza, Utah State UniversityFollow
D. F. Balph, Utah State University

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volume

25

Issue

1-2

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

1990

Recommended Citation

Thorhallsdottir, A.G., Provenza, F.D. and Balph, D.F., 1990. Social influences on conditioned food aversions in sheep. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 25: 45-50.

First Page

45

Last Page

50

Abstract

We conditioned ewes and 10-week-old lambs to avoid calfmanna pellets by giving them capsules of lithium chloride following ingestion of calfmanna. We then exposed conditioned ewes and lambs to calfmanna in the presence of similar aged conspecifics that ate calfmanna. Intake of calfmanna by sheep with the conditioned food aversion increased (P

Comments

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