Ability of Lambs to Learn About Novel Foods While Observing or Participating with Social Models

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. Ability of lambs to learn about novel foods while observing or participating with social models. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 25: 25-33.

First Page

25

Last Page

33

Abstract

We studied the influence of different social models on the intake of novel foods by lambs. The lambs were 6–7 weeks old during exposure to the novel foods. Lambs that ate novel foods for 16 min per day for 5 days with their mothers consumed about twice (P

Comments

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