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The protective effect of social support: Can humans reassure pigs during stressful challenges through social learning? Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Daniela Luna, Javiera Calderón-Amor, Catalina González, Christopher Byrd, Rocío Palomo, Elizabeth Huenul, Jaime Figueroa
Farm animals can socially learn to trust a human after observing that human handling a familiar conspecific gently, even if they never positively interacted with the human themselves. This study aimed to evaluate whether pigs are reassured by a human during a stressful challenge, having previously acquired a positive perception of the human by witnessing the gentle handling of a high or low socially
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A critical note on meal criteria in pigs: which behaviours do they perform during feeder visit intervals? Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Jacinta D. Bus, Iris J.M.M. Boumans, Laura E. Webb, Eddie A.M. Bokkers
The feeding behaviour of pigs can be continuously recorded using sensors, providing promising avenues for automatic monitoring of pig performance and welfare. To utilise this potential, however, the data must be cleaned and aggregated meaningfully. A common aggregation is from visits into meals, in which visits separated by intervals shorter than a meal criterion (s or min) are merged. Methods to determine
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Monitoring individual drinking behaviour and the social hierarchy in dairy cows using electronic drinkers Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 NIZZI E, FORIS B, LASSALAS J, HURTAUD C, BOUDON A
Sufficient access to clean drinking water is essential for the production and welfare of dairy cows. However, dairy farms vary greatly in how they provide water to cows. Electronic drinkers are now available to monitor cows’ water intake on individual level and can be used to better define their water need. The objective of this study was to validate the detection of agonistic replacements when competing
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Influence of space availability on measures of fear in conventional broiler chickens Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Sigga N. Rasmussen, Hailee Yoder, Marisa Erasmus, Anja B. Riber
Many of the fear tests used in the welfare assessments of broiler chickens assume that birds will withdraw from a given stimulus if they are fearful. However, fear test responses may also depend on the amount of space available in the broilers’ environment. As broiler chickens grow, the available space decreases, which, together with a decline in walking ability, may bias the results of fear tests
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The effects of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug on the behavioural and physiological parameters of beef cows and calves assisted at calving Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Cecilia Lucio, M. Claire Windeyer, Edmond A. Pajor, Kathy Larson, Jennifer M. Pearson
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may be administered to the cow or the calf as a pain mitigation strategy to combat the negative impacts of injury or trauma associated with a difficult calving. However, the effects of NSAIDs on beef cows’ and calves’ behaviour related to pain and cow-calf bonding after an assisted calving have not been studied. Therefore, the objective of this study was
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Influence of deep-litter bedding materials on environmental and welfare-related factors in boar studs Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Anine Riedel, Laura Pieper, Matthias Lautner, Claus Leiding, Markus Jung, Martin Schulze
In recent years, it has become increasingly difficult for artificial insemination (AI) centers to procure high-quality bedding materials. The aim of this study was to investigate influences of bedding materials on selected environmental and welfare-related aspects in breeding boars. Including seasonal changes, two trial runs were conducted in winter (T1) and summer (T2) to compare five deep-litter
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Hopping from one species to another – Training requirements of frog generalist detection dogs Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-03 La Toya Jamieson, Naomi Hodgens, Nicholas Rutter, Cindy Hauser, Deon Gilbert, Pauleen Bennett
Wildlife detection dog teams have been widely demonstrated to be a highly sensitive and effective monitoring method. Sourcing suitable samples of target species with which to train detection dogs can be challenging. An alternative is training on similar species (or multiple species), with the aim of the dog generalising to the desired target species or category of species (e.g. ‘frog’). If successful
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Fitness benefits of grouping during foraging in beef cattle: social behaviour or affinity to vegetation resources? Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Rachel Gabrieli
Grouping behaviour in gregarious species expresses a dynamic cost-benefit equilibrium. The balance between costs and benefits differs amongst individuals that were selected to maximize their individual fitness. In environments where resources are limited, benefits of grouping may come at the expense of increased competition over resources. This study aimed to test whether grouping behaviour during
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Reef effect of vertical relief on the shelter-seeking and foraging processes of juvenile fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii) in a mesocosm experiment Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Yue Zhang, Tao Sun, Gang Ding, Bo Li, Shuhan Li, Wei Yang, Daode Yu, Xiaoling Wang, Qianzhao Sun, Haiying Lin
Artificial reefs with sufficient vertical relief can support secondary fish production by attracting pelagic fishes and/or providing both shelter and food resources for them. Although vertical relief is a widely investigated factor in reef design, little is known about how the shelter-seeking and foraging processes of benthic fishes respond to relief changes. With a laboratory mesocosm experiment using
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A pilot study of the behavior of dairy calves with or without their dams on pasture Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Juni Rosann E. Johanssen, Julie Føske Johnsen, Kristin Sørheim, Knut Egil Bøe
Dairy calves are usually separated from their dams immediately post-partum and kept inside during the milk feeding period. Conversely - keeping them on pasture with their dams can promote natural behavior and be more accepted by the public. Our aim was to compare the behavior of dairy calves with or without their dams on pasture. Our pilot study included four groups of cow-calf pairs, 17 Norwegian
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Changes in milking time modify behavior of grazing dairy cows Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Delane Ribas da Rosa, Cindy Anne Klausberger Ximenes, Bruna Schmitz, Arthur Fernandes Bettencourt, Leandro Correia Ebert, Taciana Marchesini, Paulo César de Faccio Carvalho, Vivian Fischer
Milking often coincides with the main grazing periods of dairy cows, at dawn and evening, and thus, it might impair grazing behavior and pasture intake. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of changing the morning and evening milking time on the ingestive behavior of lactating dairy cows. Eighteen multiparous Holstein and Jersey cows were evaluated at conventional (7 am and 5 pm) and at alternative
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Understanding the feeding strategies of growing-finishing pigs: Exploring links with pig characteristics and behaviour Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Jacinta D. Bus, Iris J.M.M. Boumans, Dennis E. te Beest, Laura E. Webb, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis, Eddie A.M. Bokkers
A large variation in feeding patterns between pigs and over time hampers the use of data from electronic feeding stations in the continuous monitoring of growing-finishing pig welfare. Individual feeding strategies (i.e. differences between pigs that are consistent within a pig across time) likely explain part of this variation, both at the daily level - based on feeding components intake, frequency
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Prediction of working outcomes in trainee dogs using the novel Assistance Dog Test Battery (ADTB) Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Marinara Marcato, Salvatore Tedesco, Conor O’Mahony, Brendan O’Flynn, Paul Galvin
Canine behaviour is commonly assessed using test batteries comprising a test protocol and ethogram scoring system. These are particularly valuable for assistance dog organisations as a tool for evaluating trainee dogs’ proficiency in fundamental skills. The goal of this study was to design and validate a new test battery to assess the suitability of trainee dogs for assistance work at different stages
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Evaluating the consistency of dairy goat kids’ responses to two methods of assessing fearfulness Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 H.M. Vickery, F.P. Johansen, R.K. Meagher
Understanding individual behavioural differences could enhance welfare research. Many methods for assessing fear to make inferences about ‘personality’ have been proposed but not validated for goat kids. The studies primary aims were to 1) investigate individual-level test-retest reliability of Novel Object (NO) and Familiar Person (FP) tests; 2) establish the effects of testing environment (Modified
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Human-dog communication: how body language and non-verbal cues are key to clarity in dog directed play, petting and hugging behaviour by humans Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Elizabeth Ann Walsh, Lieve Lucia Meers, William Ellery Samuels, Dorian Boonen, Anita Claus, Carolina Duarte-Gan, Vicky Stevens, Laura Contalbrigo, Simona Normando
Clarity of communication between humans, intended to convey a message, may be misunderstood, or ambiguous, depending on many influencing variables, including impaired vision/hearing, neuro-divergence, culture, native language accent and gestures. Intraspecific communication in animals has been problematic to define in absolute terms, however, species such as dogs have a robustly researched and documented
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Walk with me? Part 1: Dogs synchronize with an unfamiliar person who first synchronized with them Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Angélique Lamontagne, Thierry Legou, Thierry Bedossa, Florence Gaunet
Dogs are sensitive to human social signals directed towards them. In this study, we investigated how this direct sensitivity affects dogs’ behavioural synchronization. To do so, we compared two experimental groups: an unfamiliar person either synchronized their locomotion with that of each dog for 15minutes for the first group ( = 16) or desynchronized their locomotion with that of each dog for 15minutes
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Pigment matters: Behavior and lateralization of albino and pigmented fish (Bronze Corydoras) in aquaculture Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Kristína Svitačová, Pavel Horký, Tereza Valchářová, Ondřej Slavík
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The face behind the caring voice: a comparative study on facial prosodic features of dog-, infant- and adult-directed communication. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-18 Édua Koós-Hutás, Barbara A. Kovács, József Topál, Anna Gergely
Although it has been known for over 40 years that people tend to adopt similar communication styles with both infants and dogs, the visual component of infant-directed speech (motherese) has been overlooked in research. The aim of the current study was to investigate variations in visual prosodic features across different addressees (i.e. dogs, infants, and adults) and the intended goal of communication
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Comparison of head–neck positions and conflict behaviour in ridden elite dressage horses between warm-up and competition Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 K. Kienapfel, L. Piccolo, M. Cockburn, A. Gmel, D. Rueß, I. Bachmann
The use of specific head–neck positions (HNPs) in horse riding have been identified to directly affect wellbeing of horses. In the rulebook of the International Equestrian federation (FEI), HNPs with the nasal plane in front of the vertical are mandatory, as well as ensuring horses to be “happy athletes”. Deviations from this should be reflected in the scoring of dressage competitions. We investigated
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Is observation of horses when they are outdoors adequate for detecting individuals with abnormal behaviour? Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Ewa Jastrzębska, Karolina Wytrążek, Bernadette Earley, Aleksandra Górecka-Bruzda
It is reported that outdoor housing of horses reduces stereotypic (SB) and aberrant (AB) behaviour, however, observation of the horse only when outdoors may not preclude it from being stereotypic when in the stable. The study objective was to determine if the observation of horses when they are outdoors only is sufficient for detecting stereotypic individuals. The second objective was to compare SB
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Effect of social relationships on dairy cows’ decision to move to and from an outdoor area Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Emeline Nogues, Daniel M. Weary, Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk
Leader-follower behaviours have been described in cattle housed on pasture and when entering the milking parlour. To our knowledge, no study has investigated these behaviours in cattle provided free-choice access to the outdoors. This study explores whether the timing of cows exiting and entering the barn from an outdoor area is associated with the movement of their herd mates. We followed 18 lactating
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Neigh-bours: Why every young horse needs good friends. A pilot study during the breaking-in period Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Anna Flamand, Cheyenne Zellenka, Juliette Mos, Audrey Starczan, Aurélien Polak, Odile Petit
In natural conditions, horses ( are social animals that live in stable groups. However, horses are often housed in individual stalls from the moment they begin their initial training, also called . Individual stabling induces social isolation and confinement, and is a source of particularly stressful events for the young horse alongside the breaking-in process. These experiences can lead to behavioural
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Sleep quality in cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) varies by housing type and following surgery Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Emilie A. Paterson, Carly I. O’Malley, Patricia V. Turner
Sleep is an important contributor to good physical and mental health and an important component of post-surgical recovery. The assessment of dark phase (‘nighttime’) behavior can provide insight into the efficacy of analgesic treatments and should be considered when assessing pain mitigation in animals. This study aimed to characterize dark phase behaviors and sleep patterns in healthy, young adult
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Effect of pullet rearing environment, strain and perch shape on perching behaviour, perching biomechanics, and keel bone damage in enriched-housed laying hens Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Emily DePaoli, Doug Korver, Clover Bench
Housing, including pullet rearing environment and enrichments, impacts the welfare of laying hens throughout their life. As the egg industry shifts towards alternative housing systems (furnished cages, aviary, free-run, and free range), an increase in keel bone damage has raised welfare and economic concerns. Keel bone damage leads to reduced egg production, reduced egg quality and pain in laying hens
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Activity and social behaviour of farmed common eland (Taurotragus oryx), and the effect of immunocastration thereon Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Abubakar Sadiq Musa, Tersia Needham, Radim Kotrba, Francisco Ceacero
Maintaining game animals under intensified captive conditions for production or ecotourism purposes has increased over recent years. This is especially true for the common eland, which was identified as an ideal species for captive production conditions due to its temperament and adaptability. However, little has been done to understand their social behaviour under captive conditions, especially when
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Dairy cows housed both full- and part-time with their calves form strong maternal bonds Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Emma Hvidtfeldt Jensen, Melissa Bateson, Heather W. Neave, Jean-Loup Rault, Margit Bak Jensen
Dairy cow and calf are typically separated shortly after calving preventing the formation of a maternal-filial bond. To allow some cow-calf contact, part-time contact during the first weeks is thought to be a feasible solution, but it is unknown if it weakens maternal bond, i.e., if maternal motivation is lower. This study aimed to investigate how different amounts of calf contact (full-time, part-time
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Compliance or confusion? The usefulness of blindfolding horses as a handling technique Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Caleigh Copelin, Bryn Hayman, Renée Bergeron, Katrina Merkies
Blindfolds have commonly been suggested to make horses more tractable in emergency or high-stress situations such as barn fire evacuations or trailer loading. However, little research has been done on the veracity of this claim. Two studies were conducted to examine the impact of blindfolds on ease of handling. In Study 1, 33 riding lesson horses were led from a familiar stall both blindfolded and
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Behavioural-type coping strategies in leisure dromedary camels: factors determining reactive vs. proactive responses Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Carlos Iglesias Pastrana, Francisco Javier Navas González, Elena Ciani, Amy Katherine McLean, Juan Vicente Delgado Bermejo
Domestic animals use a varied set of strategies (behavioural- and physiological-type) to cope with aversive situations at rearing systems. Camels, although widely used as an animal model for the study of strategies to cope with heat stress and dehydration in desert-type natural habitats, remain disregarded for their coping styles in response to social stressors at man-made environments, in which they
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Utilization of enrichment objects by growing pigs in a commercial facility and the impact on behavior and skin lesions Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Kristofer C. Smith, Meghann K. Pierdon
Environmental enrichment is a way to provide growing pigs with a complex environment to explore and occupy themselves as they grow. Single point enrichment can provide some complexity to the environment while not having the drawbacks of substrate enrichment, including labor, biosecurity, and lack of infrastructure. To expand our knowledge into the type of point enrichments that pigs engage with, as
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Effects of shade on the behaviour and physiology of sheep in a temperate climate Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 K.E. Schütz, L.-R. Saunders, F.J. Huddart, T. Watson, B. Latimer, N.R. Cox
Heat stress negatively affects the welfare and production of sheep, particularly in warm climates. Less is known about heat stress and shade requirements of sheep in temperate climates. This study aimed to investigate behavioural and physiological responses of sheep with or without access to shade in summer in New Zealand, which has a predominantly temperate climate. Forty-eight mixed age Romney crossbreed
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Handling procedures in ornamental fishing affect the behavioural response of dwarf cichlids (Apistogramma juruensis) Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Oluwaseun Ojelade, Zyde Strom, Drahan Ceelidh
Ornamental fish species are often subjected to netting stress and subsequent air exposure during harvesting and often returned to the water as non-targeted fish species with an assumption that the entire process poses no threat to the behaviour and welfare of these fish species. However, despite the increasing number of scientific research on the welfare of fish species, the ornamental species have
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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Applied Animal Behaviour Science Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Péter Pongrácz, Irene Camerlink
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Hormonal and behavioural responses to visual social cues in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Catia Correia-Caeiro, Keiko Mouri, Michael A. Huffman, Duncan A. Wilson, Xitong Wang, Takako Miyabe-Nishiwaki
Facial and bodily behaviours are central in guiding interactions in social mammals. Specific behaviours are known to correlate with changes in cortisol and oxytocin. These hormones regulate social interactions by, for example, reducing future aggressive bouts or promoting affiliative behaviour. Common marmosets are a highly social species that display and respond to a range of facial and bodily expressions
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Dominance hierarchy does not influence distances travelled and area utilization in a large group of ponies Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Gesa Weidling, Joachim Krieter, Ralf Lübben, Irena Czycholl
In order to improve existing horse husbandry practices by providing social contact and exercise opportunities, it is necessary to fully understand the behaviour of horses in relation to group housing. Therefore, this study investigated the influence of dominance hierarchy on the locomotor behaviour and area utilization in a large group of horses in a pasture-based housing system in Northern Germany
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Consistent individual differences in cattle grazing patterns Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Maggie Creamer, Kristina Horback
Cattle grazing patterns can have a significant impact on the economic and environmental sustainability of rangelands and cattle production. Grazing patterns appear to be driven by consistent individual differences in cattle, deemed ‘grazing personalities’. Optimal distribution of cattle on rangelands can be manipulated by alteration of the environment, like adding water, supplement, or fencing to targeted
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Changes in enclosure use and basking behaviour associated with pair housing in Tokay geckos (Gekko gecko) Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Birgit Szabo
Due to often insufficient information, reptiles suffer welfare issues and increased mortality in captivity. In particular, the impact of the social environment remains poorly understood, despite evidence suggesting its’ importance for welfare in a wide range of social animals. The current study investigated how pair housing changes enclosure use, basking and hiding behaviour in tokay geckos (). While
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Measuring motivation for alfalfa hay in feedlot cattle using voluntary interaction with an aversive stimulus Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Rachael E. Coon, Cassandra B. Tucker
Typical diets for finishing cattle are concentrate-rich and low in roughage, which may limit species-specific feeding behaviours and increase the risk of digestive disorder. Our objective was to measure how motivated finishing steers are to access alfalfa hay compared with nothing or more of the finishing ration through their willingness to interact voluntarily with an electrified barrier. Twenty-four
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Animals with various forms of abnormal behaviour differ in learning performance and use of enrichment: Evidence from farm mink Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Jens Malmkvist, María Díez-León, Janne Winther Christensen
Abnormal behaviour has been related to differences in cognitive function and reduced animal welfare. However, these associations are understudied, and little is known about how various forms of abnormal behaviour affect learning performance, stress responses and use of enrichment. We tested the hypotheses that different forms of abnormal behaviour are (1) associated with various degrees of impairment
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Behaviour of cull sows during transport to slaughter – Effects of journey duration, a stationary period and temperature Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Cecilie Kobek-Kjeldager, Line D. Jensen, Leslie Foldager, Louisa M. Gould, Karen Thodberg, Dorte Lene Schrøder-Petersen, Mette S. Herskin
Until recently, the pre-slaughter logistic chain of cull sows had received limited study, and their behaviour during transport remains understudied. Previously, an observational study of journeys up to 8 h in Denmark showed that the clinical condition of sows had deteriorated from departure until arrival at the slaughterhouse. The suggested main risk factors for this were journey duration, in-vehicle
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Effects of repeated intramuscular injections on sow behaviour reactions and stress-related saliva biomarkers – A pilot study Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Anna Valros, Marianna Norring, Kristina Ahlqvist, Tiina Bergqvist, José Joaquin Ceron, Marina Lopez-Arjona, Mari Heinonen
Medicating large production animals, such as sows, individually can be challenging, especially when repeated treatments are needed. Intramuscular (i.m.) injections have been shown to be aversive, and an increased reaction could be expected over consecutive days of injections. The aim of this pilot study was to assess if daily repeated i.m. injections cause sows to react differently with time and if
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Examining personality dimensions in rats using a caregiver questionnaire Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Holly Brooks, Molly Davidson, Michael Mendl, Vikki Neville
Measures of individual behavioural differences (personality) are highly valuable in many areas of ethology, particularly studies of animal emotion and welfare. However, there are limitations to current behavioural tests of personality. Caregiver questionnaires may provide a complementary approach to overcome some of these limitations and provide a richer insight into personality. Drawing on previous
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The intrinsic moral value of individuals: A bioethical approach to domestic cats and damaged species Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Eugenia Natoli
The domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus) is present on all continents, but only in some regions of the earth it can be considered native. All domestic cats originated from SWA and Egypt and, in theory, can be considered alien species in the rest of the world. However, the expansion of the cat in the Old World has begun during the Neolithic and ended, hypothetically, a thousand years ago. This time
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Predator for hire: The curious case of man’s best independent friend, the cat Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Péter Pongrácz, Csenge Anna Lugosi
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Experimentally determined effectiveness of different electric barrier arrangements on the behavioural deterrent of silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Yanqin Bai, Xiaolong Huang, Lihui Xie, Guoyong Liu, Yiqun Hou, Weidong Li, Zheng Zhang, Xiaotao Shi
Pulsed direct current electric barrier (EB) technology has been widely used to repel invasive species, guide fish away from dangerous areas, and direct them towards favourable locations, such as bypass channels. The effectiveness of an EB is influenced by many factors, and there is no consensus concerning what are the primary and secondary effects of the factors that influence fish response to EBs
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The human ability to interpret affective states in horses’ body language: The role of emotion recognition ability and previous experience with horses Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Moritz Nicolai Braun, Alicia Müller-Klein, M. Roxanne Sopp, Tanja Michael, Ulrike Link-Dorner, Johanna Lass-Hennemann
Background Effective communication and bonding between species depend on understanding the emotional state and the expressive behavior of the counterpart. This is of particular importance for human-horse relationships, as misunderstanding horses’ communicative signals can easily lead to severe injuries. While the published evidence suggests that the human ability to correctly interpret equine affective
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Conflict behaviour in Icelandic horses during elite competition Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-14 Janne Winther Christensen, Dehlia Jensen, Uta U. König von Borstel
Sport horse welfare is currently under scrutiny. Among other issues, it has been pointed out that behavioural signs of discomfort are frequently overlooked during training and competitions. Previous studies reported a relatively high prevalence of these types of behaviour (e.g., tail swishing, mouth opening – typically jointly labelled ‘conflict behaviour’) in elite level dressage and show jumping
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The effect of isolation on laboratory rare minnow (Gobiocypris rarus): Growth, behavior and physiology Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Chunsen Xu, Ning Qiu, Fandong Yu, Zhijun Xia, Miaomiao Hou, Qin Wang, Xinhua Zou, Yongfeng He, Chunling Wang, Jianwei Wang
Laboratory fish play an important role in modern scientific research. More and more researchers have begun to pay attention to the other living environment except the physical and chemical factors of the water body, because it is not only related to animal welfare, but also related to the validity of the experimental results. Unfortunately, laboratory fish are sometimes raised alone, primarily because
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Factors associated with the variation and consistency of social network position in group-housed calves Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Katharine C. Burke, Katie Gingerich, Emily K. Miller-Cushon
Gregarious animals often choose to interact with other individuals based on characteristics such as sex, age, and body size. However, we know little about the social structure and development of group-housed dairy calves. The aim of this study was to determine factors influencing a calves’ social network position and assess individual consistency over time. Holstein calves were group-housed (9 groups;
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Ageing canine companions: Most common manifestations and the impact of selected factors Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 David Vajányi, Lenka Skurková, Barbara Peťková, Lucia Kottferová, Zuzana Kasičová, Veronika Simanová, Jana Kottferová
Commonly observed signs of ageing, which owners frequently misattribute as normal ageing, can have an impact on a dog's welfare. This study aimed to achieve the following objectives: (1) to identify indicators of ageing and their manifestations observed by the owners; and (2) to investigate whether sex, castration/neutering, weight of the dog, and type of housing (outdoor/indoor) have an impact on
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Ranking bovine pain-related behaviors using a logistic regression algorithm Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-14 Pedro Henrique Esteves Trindade, Gustavo Venâncio da Silva, Flávia Augusta de Oliveira, Stelio Pacca Loureira Luna
Pain identification in farm animals is a welfare challenge worldwide. In the last decade, our research team validated the Unesp-Botucatu Cattle Acute Pain Scale (UCAPS) based on specific pain or discomfort behaviors and alterations to maintenance behaviors when the cattle experiences pain. Recently, for other specific-species pain scales, such as sheep, pigs, and horses, we have used algorithms to
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Behavioral responses of Vinaceous-breasted Amazon parrots to anti-predator training Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Ariela Castelli Celeste, Alice Rabelo de Sá Lopes, Magda dos Santos Rocha, Fernanda de Souza Sá, Laura Guimarães Fortini, Cristiano Schetini de Azevedo, Leonardo Esteves Lopes
Conservation translocations have a low success rate mainly due the lack of skills of introduced animals to survive in the new environment, such as naivety facing a potential predator. Pre-release training based on classical conditioning may allow those animals to identify threats. Here we evaluated the behavioral responses to anti-predator training by an endangered tropical species, the Vinaceous-breasted
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Screen interaction behavior in companion dogs: Results from a dog owner survey Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 L.K. Donohue, M. Buesing, K.D. Peterson, C. Ersoz, L.J. Russell, F.M. Mowat
Despite availability of video content marketed for dog (Canis familiaris) entertainment, there is little information on dog behaviors when viewing content, nor describing which content is engaging. The aims of this study were to define demographics of dogs that engage with screens, owner observed behaviors, and perceived content interest. A digital survey was distributed to dog owners (03/2022–03/2023)
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Cat owners’ anthropomorphic perceptions of feline emotions and interpretation of photographs Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-25 E.M.C. Bouma, M.L. Reijgwart, P. Martens, A. Dijkstra
Background Many cat owners describe the relationship with their cat in anthropomorphic terms like child or best friend. Attributing such human social roles to cats might influence the interpretation of cat behavior and communicative cues. Method Over 1800 Dutch cat owners filled out an online survey concerning the relationship with, and behavior of, their own cat and beliefs about the emotional lives
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Dairy sheep and goats sort for particle size and protein in mixed rations Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Roxanne Berthel, Frigga Dohme-Meier, Nina Keil
Sorting for specific parts or nutrients in feed is a natural behavior of ruminants, but for intensive dairy systems it is disadvantageous if it leads to nutritional imbalances for the individual or the herd. To prevent feed sorting in cattle, mixed rations (MR) are fed and forage components are cut as short as possible. In small ruminants, feed sorting is well documented but not well studied in relation
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Fuzzy modelling as an intelligent tool to study animal behaviour: An application to birds with environmental enrichment Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Aérica Cirqueira Nazareno, Robson Mateus Freitas Silveira, Sérgio Luís de Castro Júnior, Iran José de Oliveira Silva
This study aimed to apply fuzzy modeling to the behavioral responses and physical activity of broiler chickens with and without environmental enrichment. 96 Cobb broiler chicks, raised in a controlled environment, 48 birds for each treatment (T1 = presence and T2 = absence of environmental enrichment) at different ages (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 weeks old) during the two production cycles were used. The
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An added aroma changes the behaviour of domestic pigs in a novel situation aimed for stunning Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Maria Vilain Rørvang, Miranda Blad, Cecilia Lindahl, Anna Wallenbeck
The currently most widespread stunning method for pigs is high concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2), but this method is under scrutiny due to animal welfare deficits. One alternative method currently under development with potential to replace CO2 is nitrogen (N2) filled high expansion foam. While N2 does not elicit the same aversive behaviour as CO2, it is currently not known if the high expansion
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Highlights of published papers in Applied Animal Behaviour Science in 2023 Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Irene Camerlink, Péter Pongrácz
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Eye understand: Physiological measures as novel predictors of adaptive learning in horses Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Louise Evans, Heather Cameron-Whytock, Carrie Ijichi
Striatal dopamine is a neurotransmitter that marks reward and mediates reward learning. Spontaneous Eye Blink Rate (SEBR) reflects striatal dopamine activity and could offer a novel, proxy measure of learning performance. Additionally, arousal affects performance in a range of cognitive tasks, but there is less evidence for the relationship between baseline arousal and learning. This study investigated