Behavioral and Physiological Influences of Listening Slow and Fast Music on Milking Buffaloes

doi:10.21608/avmj.2007.176575

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“…It has been reported that listening to music has positive effects on social stress by reducing cortisol levels and even increasing the intensity of positive emotions due to the activation of cerebral structures related to emotions such as pleasure (Figure 2) [45][46][47][48][49][50]. In animals (e.g., pigs, dogs, chickens, buffaloes, and laboratory animals) [51,52], music has shown beneficial effects by reducing aggressive behavior, stress, and anxiety, considering it a sensory enrichment [53][54][55][56]. Neural pathways of music-evoked emotions.…”

Section: Auditory Stimulation In Dairy Cowsmentioning

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Tactile, Auditory, and Visual Stimulation as Sensory Enrichment for Dairy Cattle

Mota-Rojas,

Whittaker,

Domínguez-Oliva

et al. 2024

Animals

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Several types of enrichment can be used to improve animal welfare. This review summarizes the literature on the use of mechanical brushes, tactile udder stimulation, music, and visual stimuli as enrichment methods for dairy cows. Mechanical brushes and tactile stimulation of the udder have been shown to have a positive effect on milk yield and overall behavioral repertoire, enhancing natural behavior. Classical music reduces stress levels and has similarly been associated with increased milk yield. A slow or moderate tempo (70 to 100 bpm) at frequencies below 70 dB is recommended to have this positive effect. Evidence on the impacts of other types of enrichment, such as visual stimulation through mirrors, pictures, and color lights, or the use of olfactory stimuli, is equivocal and requires further study.

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Section: Auditory Stimulation In Dairy Cowsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tactile, Auditory, and Visual Stimulation as Sensory Enrichment for Dairy Cattle

Mota-Rojas,

Whittaker,

Domínguez-Oliva

et al. 2024

Animals

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“…An example of these studies includes Abuzead and Khalil (2007), who evaluated 48 dairy buffaloes divided into control or no music (n=16), slow music (n=16) and fast music (n=16) groups. After one month of evaluation, buffaloes exposed to slow and fast music showed behavioral postures associated with interest in the sound (e.g., pointed ears towards the sound source), and showed a more relaxed behavior and absence of rumination.…”

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Human-animal relationship in water buffalo: quality of stockpeople interactions and their effect on dairy and meat production

Mota-Rojas,

Braghieri,

Napolitano

et al. 2023

J. Anim. Behav. Biometeorol.

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Human-animal relationships for livestock refer to the interaction between stockpeople and animals during different stages of the productive cycle. For dairy buffaloes, the interaction during milking requires proper tactile stimulation to promote oxytocin release and prevent stressful handling that might reduce milk ejection. For buffaloes used for meat production, events such as mobilization and transport need to be performed by trained personnel to avoid injuries and negative behavioral responses from the animals. Maintaining a positive human-animal relationship is not only important from an economic perspective, but it is important to improve the welfare of water buffalo.

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Behavioral and Physiological Influences of Listening Slow and Fast Music on Milking Buffaloes

Cited by 2 publications

References 13 publications

Tactile, Auditory, and Visual Stimulation as Sensory Enrichment for Dairy Cattle

Tactile, Auditory, and Visual Stimulation as Sensory Enrichment for Dairy Cattle

Human-animal relationship in water buffalo: quality of stockpeople interactions and their effect on dairy and meat production

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