Feeding responses

Stone A. and Holtzman D.A. (1996). Feeding responses in young boa constrictors are mediated by the vomeronasal system. Anim Behav 52, 949-955. 

The observed toxicity seems to depend strongly on the form of toxin exposure. In contrast to the findings obtained with dissolved toxins, no feeding responses or toxicity in copepods were observed when the diatom-toxin domoic... 

Reptiles Garter snakes Thamnophis Feeding Response to earthworm Halpern eta/., 1985... 

Arnold, S. J. (1978). Some effects of early experience on feeding responses in the common garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis. Animal Behaviour 26,455-462. 

Mason, J. R., Bullard, R. W., Dolbeer, R. A., and Woronecki, P. P. (1989b). Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus L.) feeding responses to oil and anthocyanin levels in sunflower meal. Crop Protection 8,455-460. 

The selection or avoidance of potential host plants by phytophagous Insects Is guided by a complex combination of physical and chemical stimuli. Color, shape and olfactory cues may play a role In the Initial orientation, whereas acceptance or rejection of a plant depends on texture as well as chemical stimulants or deterrents. Initiation of feeding Is stimulated or deterred by the presence or absence of specific chemicals or groups of chemicals, many of which have been Identified. The selection of a suitable plant for ovlposltlon Is also crucial for survival of the progeny of most herbivorous Insects, but the chemical factors Involved are known In relatively few cases. Ovlposltlon stimulants and deterrents often appear to be quite different from the chemicals that elicit or Inhibit feeding responses of larvae. 

Romeis, J. and Wackers, F. L. (2000). Feeding responses by female Pieris brassicae butterflies to carbohydrates and amino acids. Physiological Entomology 25 ... 

NIELSEN, J.K., Host plant discrimination within Cruciferae Feeding responses of four leaf beetles (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae) to glucosinolates, cucurbitacins and cardenolides., Entomol. Exp. Appl., 1978, 24, 41-54. 

Recent studies have examined the chemical basis of sea hare response to attack and have identified amino acid constituents in the opaline glands and ink secretions of A. californica that stimulate a false feeding response ( phagomimicry ) as well as confused behavior in the shiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) 194-195 Both ink and opaline secretions are acidic, believed to enhance behavioral responses.196 The importance of inking as a deterrent mechanism is revealed by feeding assays in which reef fish consumed frozen mollusks but did not eat live specimens.43... 

Data Sheet 5.1 Feeding responses of gray squirrels to red oak acorns... 

Feeding ecology of grouse and phenoUcs in their food plants Feeding responses of domestic rabbits to plant secondary metabolites (Capsaicin, caffeine)... 

Fish Feeding Responses to Amino Acids at Different pH Levels... 

De Petrocellis L, Melck D, Bisogno T, MUone A, Di Marzo V (1999) Finding of the endocannabinoid signalling system in Hydra, a very primitive organism possible role in the feeding response. Neuroscience 92 377-387... 

The toxicity of the dioxins was first observed in 1895 in workers in the chemical industry in Germany. They developed a skin complaint called chloracne, believing it was caused by chlorine. In 1957, millions of chickens in the eastern and midwestem U.S. died of a disease characterized by excessive fluid in the pericardial sac. The name chick edema factor was therefore applied to the component(s) in the feed responsible for this symptom. Liver and kidney damage was also observed. Similar outbreaks of the disease occurred in 1960 and 1969. A contaminant in trichlorophenol, or products produced from trichlorophenol, caused the chick edema disease and chloracne. Twelve years later its structure was published (Cantrell et al., 1969). The Dow Chemical Company had been aware of a highly toxic impurity formed in small amounts from the production of 2,4,5-T as early as 1950. 

Tempel, D.L. Leibowitz, S.F. (1990) Diurnal variations in the feeding responses to norepinephrine, neuropeptide Y and galanin in the PVN. Brain Res. Bull. 25, 821-825. 

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