The effects of including the same flavor additive in a milk replacer (MR) and a starter to facilitate a sensorial association between the flavor of starter and that of the MR were explored in an attempt to encouraging calves to increase solid feed consumption around weaning. Twenty-two male Holstein calves…
The evolution of the chemical senses has resulted in a sensory apparatus for high taste and smell acuity in mammals and birds to ensure self-nourishment. Such peripheral chemosensory systems function as a code to unfold the nutritional value of feedstuffs. Food ingestion simultaneously evokes odor, taste and thermo-mechanical (somatosensing) sensations.…
