Journal article
Carbon disulfide: A semiochemical mediating socially-induced diet choice in rats
Abstract
Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry revealed the presence of both carbon disulfide (CS2) and carbonyl sulfide (COS) on rat breath. Behavioral experiments indicated that rats exposed to an unfamiliar diet moistened with CS2, like rats exposed to an unfamiliar diet placed on the fur of an anesthetized rat, subsequently exhibited enhanced preference for the unfamiliar diet. Rats in experimental groups: (a) interacted for 30 min with a wad of …
Authors
Galef BG; Mason JR; Preti G; Bean NJ
Journal
Physiology & Behavior, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 119–124
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 1988
DOI
10.1016/0031-9384(88)90285-5
ISSN
0031-9384