Food Preferences in Lambs After Exposure to Flavors in Milk
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Publication Date
1992
Volume
32
Issue
4
Abstract
This study determined whether experience with onion- or garlic-flavored milk affected intake of foods with those flavors. Orphaned lambs were exposed from 2 to 3 days of age for 50 days to either onion- or garlic-flavored milk at a 0.1% concentration. Lambs were then offered a choice of (1) onion- and garlic-flavored food; (2) onion-flavored and unflavored food; (3) garlic-flavored and unflavored food. Intake of foods offered in single choice tests with each flavor at concentrations of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16% was also measured. Although all lambs ingested more onion-flavored food than garlic-flavored food, they ate relatively more (P < 0.05) food with the flavor to which they were exposed in milk than did lambs exposed to the alternate flavor in milk. Lambs exposed to onion-flavored milk also ingested more (P < 0.05) onion-flavored food, when it was offered with unflavored food, than did lambs exposed to garlic-flavored milk. Experiences with flavors in milk did not affect (P > 0.05) intake of garlic-flavored food when offered with unflavored food. Regardless of which flavor they were exposed to in milk, intake of onion- and garlic-flavored food offered alone was similar (P > 0.05) at all flavor concentrations.
First Page
381
Last Page
389
Recommended Citation
Nolte, D. and Provenza, F. (1992). Food preferences in lambs after exposure to flavors in milk. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 32(4): 381-389.
Comments
Originally published by Elsevier. Publisher's PDF available through remote link.