The importance of colour vision to the grazing sheep

1 October 1949

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Agricultural Science

Vol. 39 (4) , 313-314
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021859600004597

Abstract

Since sheep failed to associate either a red or blue colour with the palatability of their food during the course of an experiment designed to test for colour vision, it was concluded that sheep are colour blind.

Keywords

COLOUR VISION
SHEEP
COURSE
FAILED
PALATABILITY
GRAZING
BLUE
IMPORTANCE OF COLOUR

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The importance of the sense of smell to the grazing sheep
The Journal of Agricultural Science, 1949