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The importance of colour vision to the grazing sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

D. E. Tribe  and
J. G. Gordon
D. E. Tribe
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeenshire
J. G. Gordon
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeenshire
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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.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 39 , Issue 4 , October 1949 , pp. 313 - 314
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1949

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