Food Preference Behavior in Birds and Mammals

Shumake, Stephen A.

doi:10.1021/bk-1978-0067.ch002

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“…This response may also be related to the familiarity of the odour or taste of arachis oil from the bait with that of groundnut pods from the field. Food flavour familiarity forms an important factor controlling the food preference behaviour of wild rodents (Barnett 1975;Shumake 1978). No significant change in bait consumption after withdrawal of the oil (cf.…”

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Bait preferences of rodents in their natural habitat

Ahmad

Parshad

1985

Proc Ani Sci

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Preferences of rodents toward cereal baits have been studied in relation to the availability of food from their natural habitat in crop fields of groundnut (Arachis hypoqaea] and lentil (Lens cuJinaris). The experimental area was infested by three rodent speciesBandicota bengalensis, Tatera indica and Mus sp. At the podding stage of groundnut crop they showed a poor response towards plain bait of whole wheat grains, the consumption of which increased significantly after addition of arachis oil at 1 %concentration. The withdrawal of oil from the bait had no significant effect on its daily consumption by the rodents. In paired bait tests in podding groundnut crop, the addition of oil significantly increased the bait consumption of wheat and millet grains. The differences between daily consumption of millet grains became more significant when the bait station pairs were shifted to growing lentil crop which reflect the effect of environment on the feeding responses of rodents. Laboratory tests with B. bengalensis and T. indica trapped from the experimental fields confirmed the results of field studies that addition of oil in the cereal bait enhance bait consumption.

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Bait preferences of rodents in their natural habitat

Ahmad

Parshad

1985

Proc Ani Sci

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“…neophobic responses have also been observed in brushtail possums (O'Connor & Matthews 1996). Food familiarity is important in ensuring that the animal selects the correct diet from the multitude of edible and inedible objects in its environment (Rozin 1976;Shumake 1978). Olfaction plays a dominant role in food selection in a variety of animals (Stoddart 1980).…”

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“…It is possible that spices and food flavourings serve primarily as human taste and odour cues for the safety and familiarity of foods (Rozin 1976); they may be completely unfamiliar to other animals. Shumake (1978) suggested that the use of flavouring agents and spices to increase bait consumption by other animals such as rodents may be valueless. The results of the present study appear to support this view, in that the odours used were derived from essential oils commonly used as food flavourings for humans, and these were not preferred by possums.…”

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“…Familiar food odours have been successful as lures in control operations" for other species. For example, Shumake (1977Shumake ( , 1978 found that ricefield rats consumed more toxic ground rice baits when the baits were flavoured with rice volatiles, and showed reduced toxiphobia to these baits due to the familiarity of the odour and flavour.…”

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Do brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) show preferences for exogenous odours associated with food?

Todd

Waas

O'Connor

2000

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

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The brushtail possum is the major vertebrate pest in New Zealand, and during control operations a variety of odours are used to lure possums to traps and poison baits. Paired tests were performed in large outdoor enclosures to determine if the preferences of possums for these odours differed. In Experiment 1, we tested the preferences of six possums for orange, cinnamon, cloves, peanut and almond odours. The subjects showed no significant preference for any of the odours, and no one was preferred more than water. In Experiment 2, we tested the preferences of the same six possums for the synthetic odour of the plant Dactylanthus taylorii, which appears to be highly attractive to wild possums in New Zealand. Preferences for the synthetic Dactylanthus odour were determined relative to an odour the possums were familiar with (orange) and a novel odour (peppermint). There were no significant differences between the responses shown by the possums to the three odours. Possums may have shown little preference for these odours because they were either unfamiliar (the distribution of Dactylanthus has become restricted in New Zealand) or were not associated with a food. These results Z97023

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“…Brooks and Bowerman (1973) reported that particle size may be more important than the choice of bait material, particularly with hard, dense seeds. Flavouring agents, enhancers and spices also influence food preference behaviour (Shumake, 1978). For example, Johnson (1946) found that rolled oats with mineral oil and sugar were accepted more readily than meat and fruit.…”

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Food Preference in the Nile RatArvicanthis niloticus

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Shumake²,

Jackson

1984

Tropical Pest Management

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Individually tested Nile rats, Arvicanthis niloticus Desm., consistently preferred sorghum to wheat, groundnuts and standard laboratory food, and whole sorghum to cracked and ground sorghum. The addition of 5% sugar enhanced their consumption of sorghum bait. Similar results were obtained with groups of 2-4 animals in enclosures. Whole sorghum to which 2% by weight groundnut oil and 5% sugar had been added was preferred over all other foods. Small groups of rats in four enclosures were exposed to 0.18% zinc phosphide baits with either the normal cracked sorghum or the experimental whole sorghum-oil-sugar formulation. During pre-baiting the rats consumed twice as much of the experimental bait as they did of the normal. During toxic baiting, however, consumption and mortality were similar for both baits. It is suggested that the experimental bait could be useful for attracting more rats to bait stations and that zinc phosphide may be effective at lower levels than usually applied for the control of A. niloticus populations.

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Food Preference Behavior in Birds and Mammals

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Bait preferences of rodents in their natural habitat

Bait preferences of rodents in their natural habitat

Do brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) show preferences for exogenous odours associated with food?

Food Preference in the Nile RatArvicanthis niloticus

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