Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Letter
  • Published:

Comparison between Water and Alcohol Consumption in Six Animal Species in Free-choice Experiments

Nature volume 191, pages 819–820 (1961)Cite this article

Abstract

GREAT differences exist in the inter-individual fluctuation of the voluntary intake of alcohol by laboratory rats on free choice between 10 per cent alcohol and water1. This is also true of laboratory mice2. But on the whole the average alcohol consumption within a species of animal is constant. It can be said that each species has its own specific liking for alcohol.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Mardones, R. J., Hederra, D. A., and Segovia, M. N., Bol. soc. biol., Santiago, Chile, 7, 1 (1949).

    Google Scholar 

  2. Williams, R. J., Berry, L. J., and Beerstecher, E., Proc. U.S. Nat. Acad. Sci., 35, 265 (1949).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Richter, C. P., in Neuropharmacology, edit. by Abramson, H. A., 3 (Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, New York, 1957).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Emerson, G. A., Brown, R. G., Nash, J. B., and Moore, W. T., J. Pharmacol. Exp. Therap., 106, 384 (1952).

    Google Scholar 

  5. Loiseleur, J., and Petit, M., C.R. Soc. Biol., Paris, 141, 568 (1947).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Lester, D., and Greenberg, L. A., Quart. J. Studies Alc., 13, 553 (1952).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Mardones, R. J., and Onfray, B. E., Rev. Chilena Hig. y Med. Prevent., 4, 293 (1942).

    Google Scholar 

  8. Sirnes, T. B., Quart. J. Studies Alc., 14, 3 (1953).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Conger, J. J., Quart. J. Studies Alc., 12, 1 (1951).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Forsander, O., Kohonen, J., and Suomalainen, H., Quart. J. Studies Alc., 19, 379 (1958).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Research Laboratories of the State Alcohol Monopoly (Alko), Helsinki

    ALPO ARVOLA & OLOF FORSANDER

  2. Zoological Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland

    ALPO ARVOLA & OLOF FORSANDER

Authors
  1. ALPO ARVOLA
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. OLOF FORSANDER
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

ARVOLA, A., FORSANDER, O. Comparison between Water and Alcohol Consumption in Six Animal Species in Free-choice Experiments. Nature 191, 819–820 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/191819a0

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/191819a0

This article is cited by

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing