Scent of gerbil cuisine

Preweanling and postweaning offspring of gerbil parents fed Purina Laboratory Chow or Pooch dog food show selective preference for odors coming from other animals of these same diets. Odors with differential quality include whole animal, cage material and ventral scent gland sebum. Apparently diet a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Physiology & behavior 1977-07, Vol.19 (1), p.11-14
Hauptverfasser:	Skeen, James T., Thiessen, D.D.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal Communication Animals Animals, Newborn Chemoreceptor Cells - physiology Female Food Preferences - physiology Gerbillinae - physiology Male Mongolian gerbil Olfactory communication Phenylacetic acid Pheromones - physiology Scent Glands - physiology Smell - physiology Social Environment Ventral scent gland Weaning
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Zusammenfassung:	Preweanling and postweaning offspring of gerbil parents fed Purina Laboratory Chow or Pooch dog food show selective preference for odors coming from other animals of these same diets. Odors with differential quality include whole animal, cage material and ventral scent gland sebum. Apparently diet alters chemosignals, even those from a specialized scent gland. Species-specific pheromones may be dependent on ingested foodstuffs or other ecological chemicals.
ISSN:	0031-9384 1873-507X
DOI:	10.1016/0031-9384(77)90151-2