Potential of accelerometer tags for monitoring of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) reproductive behaviour.

IF 1.6 3区 农林科学 Q2 AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE
F B Rossi, C Simian, R Fonseca, M C Bosch, R H Marin, L Barberis, J M Kembro
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1. Monitoring behavioural dynamics in complex animal environments, such as poultry breeding facilities, poses a challenge. Utilising technological approaches, such as accelerometers, offers a solution to assess long-term changes in reproductive activity at an individual bird level. Specifically, these sensors measure acceleration associated with the position and movements of the body over time. However, it is important to assess the most suitable method for attaching accelerometer tags to ensure they do not negatively impact behaviour and yield high-quality data.2. The potential of tri-axial accelerometer tags for assessing reproductive behaviour in Japanese quail was evaluated. Two attachment methods - a backpack (plastic platform with elastic bands near wing bases) and a patch (accelerometer on fabric glued to the synsacrum region) - were compared. Controls were handled similarly but without tags. Eighteen pairs of females were housed in pens and assessed immediately and 24 h after handling. After a week of habituation, a male from the same treatment group was introduced into each pen on d 8. The reproductive behaviour of the males was recorded using accelerometers and video recordings.3. The results showed that birds with patches were able to remove their conspecific's accelerometer and displayed an increased initial immobility response compared to the control and backpack groups. The presence of accelerometer tags did not impact male/female reproductive interactions nor fear responses to a novel object. From accelerometer recordings, male reproductive behaviour was easily identified as high amplitude fluctuations in the three axial components of the acceleration vectors, which was reflected as large values of dynamic body acceleration (VeDBA).4. In conclusion, the use of backpacks with accelerometers is a useful strategy to address highly relevant and difficult to tackle behavioural topics such as the temporal dynamic of male reproductive behaviour within breeding groups.

加速度计标签监测日本鹌鹑(Coturnix japonica)繁殖行为的潜力。
1.在家禽养殖设施等复杂的动物环境中监测行为动态是一项挑战。利用加速度计等技术方法提供了一种解决方案,可评估个体家禽繁殖活动的长期变化。具体来说,这些传感器可测量与身体位置和运动相关的加速度。然而,重要的是要评估安装加速度计标签的最合适方法,以确保它们不会对行为产生负面影响,并产生高质量的数据。 2. 我们评估了三轴加速度计标签在评估日本鹌鹑繁殖行为方面的潜力。比较了两种安装方法--背包(翼基附近带有松紧带的塑料平台)和贴片(加速度计粘在会阴部的织物上)。对照组的处理方法类似,但没有标签。18 对雌鸟被安置在围栏中,并在处理后立即和 24 小时内进行评估。经过一周的习惯化后,在第 8 天将同一处理组的一只雄性引入每个围栏。结果表明,与对照组和背包组相比,贴有加速度计标签的鸟类能够移除同种鸟类的加速度计,并表现出更高的初始不动反应。加速度计标签的存在既不影响雄鸟/雌鸟的生殖互动,也不影响它们对新物体的恐惧反应。根据加速度计记录,雄性繁殖行为很容易被识别为加速度矢量的三个轴向分量的高振幅波动,这反映为较大的动态身体加速度(VeDBA)值。 总之,使用带有加速度计的背包是一种有用的策略,可以解决高度相关且难以解决的行为问题,如繁殖群体中雄性繁殖行为的时间动态。
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British Poultry Science
British Poultry Science 农林科学-奶制品与动物科学
CiteScore
3.90
自引率
5.00%
发文量
88
审稿时长
4.5 months
期刊介绍: From its first volume in 1960, British Poultry Science has been a leading international journal for poultry scientists and advisers to the poultry industry throughout the world. Over 60% of the independently refereed papers published originate outside the UK. Most typically they report the results of biological studies with an experimental approach which either make an original contribution to fundamental science or are of obvious application to the industry. Subjects which are covered include: anatomy, embryology, biochemistry, biophysics, physiology, reproduction and genetics, behaviour, microbiology, endocrinology, nutrition, environmental science, food science, feeding stuffs and feeding, management and housing welfare, breeding, hatching, poultry meat and egg yields and quality.Papers that adopt a modelling approach or describe the scientific background to new equipment or apparatus directly relevant to the industry are also published. The journal also features rapid publication of Short Communications. Summaries of papers presented at the Spring Meeting of the UK Branch of the WPSA are published in British Poultry Abstracts .
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