Why workshops work: Examining the efficacy of training trainers to train goats.

IF 1.4 4区 农林科学 Q2 VETERINARY SCIENCES
Animal Welfare Pub Date : 2023-11-21 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1017/awf.2023.94
Jennifer Meier, Viviane Theby, Lorenz Gygax, Edna Hillman, Carola Fischer-Tenhagen
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Abstract

Experimental procedures involving farm animals are often associated with stress due to restraining. Stress can be reduced through use of positive reinforcement training, which then serves as refinement according to the 3Rs principles. Trainer skills, however, may influence the feasibility and success of animal training. The potential influence of trainer skills as well as the education of animal trainers are rarely described in literature but are necessary information for the implementation of positive reinforcement training as a refinement measure. To investigate the effect of educational programmes on animal trainers, we compared the training success of two groups of participants in training goats to elicit a behaviour that would allow simulated venipuncture. One group was educated in a two-day workshop while the other was provided with specific literature for self-instructed learning. Training success was evaluated using an assessment protocol developed for this study. A greater training success in the WORKSHOP GROUP, reflected by objective and subjective measures, was clearly supported statistically. In addition, 73 versus only 13% of the participants of the WORKSHOP GROUP and the self-instructed BOOK GROUP, respectively, stated that they could completely implement the knowledge gained in the course of this study. Our results indicate that more intensively educated trainers can train animals more successfully. In conclusion, if animal training is implemented as refinement, animal caretakers should receive instruction for positive reinforcement training.

研讨会为何有效?研究培训员培训山羊的效果。
在涉及农场动物的实验过程中,往往会因限制动物而产生压力。可以通过使用正强化训练来减少压力,然后再根据 3R 原则进行改进。不过,训练员的技能可能会影响动物训练的可行性和成功率。关于驯兽师技能的潜在影响以及对动物驯兽师的教育,文献中鲜有描述,但却是实施正强化训练这一改进措施的必要信息。为了研究教育计划对动物训练员的影响,我们比较了两组参与者在训练山羊诱发模拟静脉穿刺行为时的训练成功率。其中一组参加了为期两天的研讨会,另一组则获得了用于自学的特定文献。培训成功与否采用本研究制定的评估方案进行评估。通过客观和主观测量,讲习班组的培训成功率更高,这在统计学上得到了明确的支持。此外,讲习班组和自学书籍组分别有 73% 和 13% 的学员表示,他们能够完全运用在本研究中获得的知识。我们的研究结果表明,受过强化教育的驯兽师能够更成功地训练动物。总之,如果要对动物进行精细化训练,动物看护者应该接受正强化训练的指导。
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来源期刊
Animal Welfare
Animal Welfare 农林科学-动物学
CiteScore
2.30
自引率
8.30%
发文量
43
审稿时长
18-36 weeks
期刊介绍: Animal Welfare is an international scientific and technical journal. It publishes the results of peer-reviewed scientific research, technical studies and reviews relating to the welfare of kept animals (eg on farms, in laboratories, zoos and as companions) and of those in the wild whose welfare is compromised by human activities. Papers on related ethical, social, and legal issues and interdisciplinary papers will also be considered for publication. Studies that are derivative or which replicate existing publications will only be considered if they are adequately justified. Papers will only be considered if they bring new knowledge (for research papers), new perspectives (for reviews) or develop new techniques. Papers must have the potential to improve animal welfare, and the way in which they achieve this, or are likely to do so, must be clearly specified in the section on Animal welfare implications.
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