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Scent of gerbil cuisine☆

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jul 1977 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Physiology & Behavior, volume 19, pages 11-14 (issn: 0031-9384,

Authors: Del Thiessen; James T. Skeen;

doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(77)90151-2

pmid: 11803671

Scent of gerbil cuisine☆

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Abstract

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.

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The University of Texas at Austin
United States

Keywords

Male, Weaning, Social Environment, Chemoreceptor Cells, Pheromones, Animal Communication, Smell, Food Preferences, Animals, Newborn, Animals, Female, Scent Glands, Gerbillinae

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