| Abstract: | Reported that 24 nursling rat pups poisoned following ingestion of 1/2-cc of milk from a female rat eating a diet different from that of their own mother showed an aversion to that female's diet during weaning. A 2nd experiment showed that pups fed 31/2-cc meals of milk from a female rat and which were not poisoned showed a slightly increased preference for that female's diet at weaning. Results are interpreted as offering additional evidence that (a) a mother's milk contains gustatory cues reflecting the flavor of her diet and (b) these cues are sufficient to influence dietary preference at weaning. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
