title: Conditioned taste aversion in lesser bandicoot rat, Bandicota bengalensis.
abstract: The lesser bandicoot rat after ingesting a sublethal dose of 0.025% zinc phosphide, in preferred food millet (Pennisetum typhoides) grains, for 4 days, showed aversion for 5-6 days towards plain millet offered in choice with the less preferred sorghum (Sorghum vulgare) grains. The aversion response to nontoxic bait was stronger (aversion index greater than 0.7) for first 3-4 days in individual and for 1-2 days in paired rats. 100% or more shift in aversion index from pre-treatment to post-treatment periods indicated that the aversive and naive partners of the heterosexual and unisexual female pairs mutually influence the feeding preferences of each other as a result of which they showed aversion for first 2-3 days to the plain food in which poison was given to one of the partner earlier.
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Parshad
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D008297:Male; D009115:Muridae / Q000502:physiology*; D010720:Phosphines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D012378:Rodenticides / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D013649:Taste; D015032:Zinc / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D017967:Zinc Compounds
chemical_list: D010720:Phosphines; D012378:Rodenticides; D017967:Zinc Compounds; C009701:zinc phosphide; D015032:Zinc