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Preference thresholds for taste discrimination in goats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

F. R. Bell
F. R. Bell
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From the Department of Physiology, Royal Veterinary College, London, N.W. 1
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1. The technique for assessing rejection and acceptance thresholds for gustatory sense in goats is described.

2. Quinine dihydrochloride is rejected at a level of 125 mg./100 ml. and accepted at 12·5 mg./100 ml.

3. Sodium chloride has a rejected threshold of 5·0 g./100 ml. and an acceptance threshold of 1·25 g./100 ml.

4. Acetic acid is rejected at 5 ml/100 ml. but is accepted at 1·25 ml./100 ml.

5. Glucose does not provide data for the assessment of thresholds, since all the goats consume solutions containing the highest concentration of glucose offered, viz. 40 g./100 ml.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , February 1959 , pp. 125 - 128
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1959

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