“Species Differences in Taste Preferences”, 1956 (; backlinks):
Taste preference-avoidance behavior in 3 species, rabbit, hamster, and cat, was studied under standard conditions with the same stimuli and by the same method of presentation. large species differences were noted in the response to NaCl, sucrose, and saccharin. KCl and QHCl gave the same responses in the 3 species except for quantitative differences.
It was suggested that the intake of fluids is the result of the interaction of taste and osmotic effect exerted by compounds ingested at, ~isotonic levels. The intake of solutions at very low concentrations may be controlled by taste alone.
A partial relationship was shown between the behavioral data of this experiment and the neurophysiological data of other workers. Factors which might account for the observed discrepancies were discussed.
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