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| Amado,Marina Freire; Xavier,Diego Batista; Boere,Vanner; Torres-Pereira,Carla; McManus,Concepta; Bernal,Francisco Ernesto Moreno. |
| The behaviour of ostrich chicks bred in captivity was studied by using groups with 30 birds in five age groups: from 10 to 40 days of age; from 41 to 60 days of age; from 61 to 90 days of age; from 91 to 120 days of age and from 121 to 150 days of age. Six birds at each age were ringed around one of their feet and observed for four consecutive days for eight hours daily in three periods (in the morning, at noon and in the afternoon), following the "one-zero" method for sampling. The order for observation of behaviour of the six selected birds was performed randomly at every thirty minutes, totalling 16 periods or 80 minutes/bird/day. Fourteen types of behaviour were observed. There were differences among ages for behaviour like standing, walking, running,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Agonistic behaviour; Breeding; Ethogram; Social behaviour; Struthio camelus; Use of time. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982011000700029 |
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