Abstract The behaviour of new world camelids towards humans has received little research attention so far. Our aims were to assess the response of alpacas and llamas to handling, and to investigate its associations with caretaker attitudes and handling practices (i.e., the reported amount of contact to the animals at different ages). Reactions of 116 alpacas and llamas during handling by a familiar person and during a physical examination by a veterinarian were observed on 20 animal holdings. The 20 main caretakers completed or partially completed a questionnaire on their attitudes and their amount of contact to their animals. Data were analysed at farm level by means of Spearman rank correlations. Animals were generally very easy to lead by a familiar person, but a higher proportion showed fear and stress related behaviour, predominantly freezing, during the physical examinations. Associations between caretaker attitudes, amount of contact, and animal behaviour were found. For instance, if the caretakers found tactile contact more pleasant, a lower percentage of animals attempted to flee during leading (rs = -0.51, p

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处理过程中的羊驼和美洲驼行为及其与看护态度和人与动物接触的关联

摘要 迄今为止，新世界骆驼科动物对人类的行为很少受到研究。我们的目的是评估羊驼和美洲驼对处理的反应，并调查其与看护人态度和处理实践的关联（即报告的不同年龄动物的接触量）。116 只羊驼和美洲驼在由熟悉的人处理和由兽医进行身体检查期间对 20 只动物饲养场进行了观察。20 名主要看护人完成或部分完成了一份关于他们的态度和与动物接触量的问卷。通过斯皮尔曼等级相关性在农场层面分析数据。动物通常很容易被熟悉的人带领，但更高比例的动物表现出与恐惧和压力相关的行为，主要是僵硬，在体检期间。发现了看护人态度、接触量和动物行为之间的关联。例如，如果看护人发现触觉接触更愉快，则在引导期间试图逃跑的动物百分比较低（rs = -0.51，p