Data/hora: 03/06/2024 02:33:49

Provedor de dados: | 2
País: | Brazil
Título: | Behavior of Saanen dairy goats in an enriched environment
Autores: | Gomes, Karina Aurora Rodrigues; Valentim, Jean Kaique; Lemke, Sara Santana Ramos; Dallago, Gabriel Machado; Vargas, Ricardo Cruz; Paiva, Andre Luíz da Costa.
Data: | 2018-10-01
Ano: | 2018
Palavras-chave: | Zootecnia  caprinocultura  bem-estar animal  etologia animal welfare; Dairy goat; Environmental enrichment; Ethology; Stereotyping.
Resumo: | The objective of the present study was to evaluate the behavior of lactating Saanen dairy goats housed with or without the use of environmental enrichment technique. Twelve animals were split into two equal groups and assign to one of two treatments: stall with or without enrichment. Five objects were used to enrich the stalls: plastic PET bottles suspended and freely on the floor (both filled with corn as a visual and auditory stimuli), general cleaning brushes fixed to the wall of the stall, suspended tire, and a tree trunk for climbing. The behavior of the goats was observed during two hours for 10 consecutive days. The behaviors were recorded using focal-animal sampling method, observing each animal during 10-minute period. Descriptive statistics were calculated plotting the results in behavior frequency charts. Animals on both treatments showed similar behaviors frequencies for food intake and self-cleaning. However, a higher frequency of stereotyped behaviors was registered in the treatment without environmental enrichment. The highest frequency of interaction was observed for suspended tire, indicating animal’s preference for this object. In conclusion, animals on enriched environment show more different behaviors than animals in non-enriched environment and showed greater preference for some object over others.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciAnimSci/article/view/42454

10.4025/actascianimsci.v40i1.42454

Editor: | Editora da Universidade Estadual de Maringá
Relação: | http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciAnimSci/article/view/42454/pdf
Formato: | application/pdf

Fonte:

Acta Scientiarum. Animal Sciences; v. 40 (2018): Publicação Contínua; e42454

Acta Scientiarum. Animal Sciences; v. 40 (2018): Publicação Contínua; e42454

1807-8672

1806-2636

Fonte:

Direitos autorais 2018 Acta Scientiarum. Animal Sciences

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0