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Sweet taste in the cat and the taste-spectrum

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Es konnte festgestellt werden, daß Katzen die Geschmacksempfindung «süß» nicht besitzen. Sie können aber «süß» von «nicht süß» unterscheiden. Elektrophysiologisch läßt sich dieser Befund nicht belegen. Zur Erklärung wird auf die Geschmacksspektrum-Theorie verwiesen.

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  1. Department of Zoology and Entomology, The Pennsylvania State College, Pennsylvania

    Hubert Frings

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Frings, H. Sweet taste in the cat and the taste-spectrum. Experientia 7, 424–426 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02147534

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