Anosmia in ZnSO(4)-treated pigeons: Loss of olfactory information during ontogeny and the role of site familiarity in homing experiments

Anosmia in ZnSO(4)-treated pigeons: Loss of olfactory information during ontogeny and the role of site familiarity in homing experiments

Depriving homing pigeons of olfactory information by spraying an 18% zinc sulphate solution (ZnSO4) onto their olfactory ephithelium results in anosmia that persists for at least five days. Releases were made from two different distances to determine whether anosmic ZnSO4-treated pigeons were able t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of experimental biology 1993-12, Vol.185, p.33
Hauptverfasser: Schmid, Jutta, Schlund, Wolfgang
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Animal behavior
Birds
Neurology
Nose
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Zusammenfassung:Depriving homing pigeons of olfactory information by spraying an 18% zinc sulphate solution (ZnSO4) onto their olfactory ephithelium results in anosmia that persists for at least five days. Releases were made from two different distances to determine whether anosmic ZnSO4-treated pigeons were able to compensate for their loss of olfactory information by using familiar landmarks.
ISSN:0022-0949
1477-9145