Essays about: "blood odour"

Found 3 essays containing the words blood odour.

1. 1. Grisars omedelbara beteende vid doftberikning

   University essay from SLU/Department of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

   Author : Rebecca Grut; [2022]
   Keywords : gris; doft; berikning; välfärd; beteende; tail flicking; stereotypier;

   Abstract : It is common knowledge that pigs are used to search for truffles and that their sense of smell is well developed. Still, there is not much research about pigs’ sense of smell and therefore the aim of this study is to describe which behaviours the pigs perform immediately when exposed to scent enrichment. READ MORE

3. 2. Behavioural responses of wolves (Canis lupus) and dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) to the odour of mammalian blood and to a blood odour component

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

   Author : Shannon Stubbs; [2019]
   Keywords : olfaction; dog; wolf; domestication; blood; blood odour component; enrichment; olfactory behaviour. behavioural responses;

   Abstract : Domestication is accompanied by marked changes in the phenotype of the domesticated form of a species relative to its wild ancestor. The domestic dog and its wild ancestor, the wolf, are a widely used model system to study the effects of domestication on cognition and behaviour. READ MORE

4. 3. Behavioural responses of mice to the odour of cat blood and horse blood

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Biologi; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakulteten

   Author : Louise Persson; [2015]
   Keywords : Mice Mus musculus ; prey species; predator odour; blood odour; cat blood; horse blood; N-pentyl acetate; behavioural responses; activity; defecation;

   Abstract : A variety of prey species are able to detect predators by odours emanating from their urine, feces, fur and anal glands. However, it is unknown whether the odour of a predator’s blood also contains information signalling “predator” to a prey. READ MORE