Attention bias and novel object test in rams (Ovis aries) under intensive farming

IF 1.3 4区生物学 Q4 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Behavioural Processes Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.beproc.2024.104993

Kallirroi Papadaki, George P. Laliotis, Panagiota Koutsouli, Iosif Bizelis

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Abstract

Affective states are long lasting mood states resulting from an accumulation of experiences. The knowledge of the affective state of animals can significantly help maintain and/or increase animal welfare. The aim of the study was to recognize the affective state of 13 adult rams reared under an intensive system and to further associate their affective state with hierarchy, sociability order and maintenance and social behaviour. The affective state was estimated by exposing them to an attention bias test and two novel object tests. Individuals with negative affective states performed reduced head hanging (p = 0.014), reduced agonistic behaviour (p = 0.033), increased social proximity (p = 0.009) and received less affiliative behaviours (p = 0.006). The study estimated the affective state of the rams and indicated easily recognizable maintenance and social behaviours correlated with negative affective state. Such behaviours could increase the awareness of the animals’ welfare and thus improve management practices.

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集约化饲养下公羊（Ovis aries）的注意偏差和新物体测试。

情感状态是一种长期持续的情绪状态，源于经验的积累。了解动物的情感状态对维持和/或提高动物福利大有帮助。本研究的目的是识别在集约化系统下饲养的 13 只成年公羊的情感状态，并进一步将其情感状态与等级制度、社会性顺序、维护和社会行为联系起来。情绪状态是通过对公羊进行注意力偏差测试和两个新物体测试来估计的。具有消极情绪状态的个体会减少垂头行为（p= 0.014），减少激动行为（p= 0.033），增加社会接近性（p=0.009），减少从属行为（p= 0.006）。该研究估计了公羊的情绪状态，并指出了与负面情绪状态相关的易于识别的维护和社会行为。这些行为可以提高人们对动物福利的认识，从而改进管理方法。

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Behavioural Processes 生物-动物学

CiteScore

2.70

自引率

7.70%

发文量

144

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： Behavioural Processes is dedicated to the publication of high-quality original research on animal behaviour from any theoretical perspective. It welcomes contributions that consider animal behaviour from behavioural analytic, cognitive, ethological, ecological and evolutionary points of view. This list is not intended to be exhaustive, and papers that integrate theory and methodology across disciplines are particularly welcome.