Effects of novel colour and smell on the response of naive chicks towards food and water
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Pyrazine odors enhance the neophobic response of naive domestic chicks, Gallus gallus domesticus, towards prey with novel appearances. The behavior of chicks is observed by presenting them with food or water that is either familiar or colored with food dye. The odors considered are almond oil, 2-methoxy-3-sec-butyl pyrazine, 2-methoxy-3-isobutyl pyrazine, vanilla oil and thiazole. Pyrazines and almond odor enhance the latency of the chicks' food or water consumption but only when the food or water has a novel appearance. No significant effect of vanilla odor and thiazole is observed.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1996
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Response of domestic chicks to methyl anthranilate odour
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A study of the response of domestic chicks to the aversant methyl anthranilate concludes that a discriminative stimulus can influence avian learning. The study seeks to discover whether chicks use odour to mediate visual signals in passive-avoidance learning and to evaluate whether odourless denatonium benzoate can be used as an alternative enforcer. Experiments show that odour can mediate avian food choice and that denatonium benzoate is a preferable alternative for avoidance learning experiments.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1997
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Odour and colour as cues for taste-avoidance learning in domestic chicks
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Many prey species use warning colours to protect themselves from predators, with some also emitting a distinctive olfactant when attacked. A study of domestic chicks to determine whether warning odours are as effective in deterring prey as warning colours shows that odours can stimulate taste-avoidance learning in birds. The research, using almond and vanilla odours to act as taste-avoidance cues, also shows that, in some circumstances, odour cues can take precedence over visual ones.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1997
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