The effect of mother goat presence during rearing on kids’ response to isolation and to an arena test
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The effect of mother goat presence during rearing on kids’ response to isolation and to an arena test. / von Walter, Louise Winblad; Forkman, Björn; Högberg, Madeleine; Hydbring‐sandberg, Eva.
In: Animals, Vol. 11, No. 2, 575, 2021, p. 1-15.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The effect of mother goat presence during rearing on kids’ response to isolation and to an arena test
AU - von Walter, Louise Winblad
AU - Forkman, Björn
AU - Högberg, Madeleine
AU - Hydbring‐sandberg, Eva
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The aim of the study was to examine how early permanent separation, separation during the day only, or full‐time access to the mother goat affected goat kids during social isolation with a sudden sound of a dog bark at two weeks and two months, and a novel arena test with a novel object at two months. Kids permanently separated reduced their vocalization earlier and had a higher heart rate before and after dog bark during isolation at two weeks, no effect was found on the daytime separated kids. Daytime separated kids bleated more at two weeks and decreased heart rate after dog barking at two months. Daytime separated kids showed the strongest fear reaction in the arena test, no effect was found on the permanently separated kids. Kids separated early vocalized more before novel object and showed more explorative behavior afterwards. Our study shows different responses in goat kids separated early permanent, daytime separated, or kept full‐time with mother, which demonstrates the importance of if and how the mother is present, and the impact of using a wide variety of physiological and behavioral measures when evaluating stress in animal welfare research.
AB - The aim of the study was to examine how early permanent separation, separation during the day only, or full‐time access to the mother goat affected goat kids during social isolation with a sudden sound of a dog bark at two weeks and two months, and a novel arena test with a novel object at two months. Kids permanently separated reduced their vocalization earlier and had a higher heart rate before and after dog bark during isolation at two weeks, no effect was found on the daytime separated kids. Daytime separated kids bleated more at two weeks and decreased heart rate after dog barking at two months. Daytime separated kids showed the strongest fear reaction in the arena test, no effect was found on the permanently separated kids. Kids separated early vocalized more before novel object and showed more explorative behavior afterwards. Our study shows different responses in goat kids separated early permanent, daytime separated, or kept full‐time with mother, which demonstrates the importance of if and how the mother is present, and the impact of using a wide variety of physiological and behavioral measures when evaluating stress in animal welfare research.
KW - Animal welfare
KW - Behavior
KW - Caprine
KW - Cortisol
KW - Fear
KW - Fear test
KW - Heart rate
KW - Rearing system
KW - Ruminants
KW - Startle effect
U2 - 10.3390/ani11020575
DO - 10.3390/ani11020575
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 33672154
AN - SCOPUS:85101391221
VL - 11
SP - 1
EP - 15
JO - Animals
JF - Animals
SN - 2076-2615
IS - 2
M1 - 575
ER -
ID: 282470233