Maternal presence limits the effects of early bottle feeding and petting on lambs’ socialisation to the stockperson

Boivin, Xavier; Boissy, Alain; Nowak, Raymond; Henry, Cynthia; Tournadre, Hervé; Neindre, Pierre Le

doi:10.1016/s0168-1591(02)00084-9

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“…This may have negated any effects of handling or additional human presence on the lambs, causing all lambs to respond similarly to docking. This theory is supported by evidence that the presence and behaviour of the dam can influence the effect of early handling on lambs’ later affinity with the stockperson (Boivin et al. 2002) as well as influencing their pain sensitivity (Hild et al.…”

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“…Alternatively, our handling regime may have been insufficient to effect more marked changes in lamb pain behaviour. However, as similar regimes have been shown to increase a lambs' affinity for their stockperson (Boivin et al 2002;Tallet et al 2005), this may reflect habituation specifically to humans rather than generalized changes in pain processing or stress reactivity in sheep exposed to early handling.…”

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Effects of early human handling on the pain sensitivity of young lambs

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Beausoleil

Stewart

2013

Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

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Effects of early human handling on the pain sensitivity of young lambs

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Stewart

2013

Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

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“…The testing apparatus and the procedure were the same as in Experiment 1 except that the alien ewe was replaced by one of the experimenters who had handled the lambs. This paradigm had already been used previously and validated on lambs by Boivin et al (2002). During the test, the human knelt (the same posture as that used during the treatments) and tried to attract the lamb by calling and moving, ''mimicking'' the ewe's behavior.…”

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Nonnutritive sucking: One of the major determinants of filial love

Val‐Laillet¹,

Nowak²,

Giraud³

et al. 2006

Developmental Psychobiology

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The present study investigated the rewarding effects of nonnutritive sucking on the development of a filial preference. Two experiments were conducted to test whether nonnutritive visceral and oral stimuli have reinforcing properties independent from each other or act in synergy. Lambs could interact freely with their dam but were deprived of suckling by covering the udder for the first 12 hr. In Experiment 1, suckling was prevented and replaced by human giving, in the presence of the mother, either a bottle of water (B5 and B2.5: 5% or 2.5% birth weight, BW, divided into seven portions over 12 hr) or water via tube-feeding (I5 and I2.5: 5% or 2.5% BW, also divided into seven portions over 12 hr). During a two-choice test performed at 12 hr after birth, only B5 and I5 lambs preferred their mother to an alien ewe however, B5 were faster at choosing their mother at the beginning of the test. B2.5 and I2.5 lambs made a random choice. In Experiment 2, suckling was prevented and replaced by human giving, in the presence of the mother, either a bottle of water (B2.5: 2.5% BW, divided into seven portions over 12 hr) or water via tube-feeding (I10 and I2.5: 10% or 2.5% BW, also divided into seven portions over 12 hr). During a two-choice test at 12 hr, tube-fed lambs (I10 and I2.5) preferred their mother to a human. B2.5 lambs were equally attracted to both partners and spent more time near the human than lambs from the other groups. In a test of reactivity to a human performed on neonates isolated from their mother, B2.5 lambs explored the human much more than the other lambs. The presence of the human had soothing properties in B2.5 lambs and once the human left, they were the only lambs displaying enhanced vocal and locomotor activity. In these experiments, nonnutritive gastrointestinal stimuli induced a preference for the mother whereas nonnutritive sucking led to a strong positive relationship with the human. These results suggest that when lambs suckle their dam, the development of filial bonding is facilitated through the combined effects of oral and gastrointestinal stimuli.

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“…However, in these studies, non-brooded birds appeared more neophobic and more fearful than birds raised by adoptive mothers. On the contrary, young farm ungulates, such as goats, sheep or cattle, raised permanently by their dams became more fearful towards humans than animals reared artificially during the same period (Boivin et al, 2002). In other mammals, such as cats (Turner, 2000), dogs (Freedman et al,'61) and goats '92), the presence of dams could reduce neophobic reactions and enhance the exploratory behaviour of their young.…”

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Mothering during early development influences subsequent emotional and social behaviour in Japanese quail

Bertin¹,

Richard‐Yris²

2005

J. Exp. Zool.

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The aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of mothers on the emotional reactivity and social behaviour in young precocial Japanese quail. We used a classical method of maternal deprivation. Ethological tests and observations analysed and compared the behaviour of young artificially raised quail to that of young raised by adoptive maternal quail. After separation from mothers, brooded young were more fearful (frightened easily) in the presence of humans (human-observer tests) and more neophobic in novel environments (open-field and hole-in-the-wall tests) than young raised artificially. As chicks rarely expressed fear during the brooding period, no differences related to mothering could be observed at that time. In separation tests, brooded chicks jumped significantly more frequently than non-brooded chicks and later, observations of groups revealed that brooded chicks remained closer to one another than non-brooded chicks. Social motivation of brooded chicks appeared to be higher. These results indicate that, during their first days of life, mothers influence the emotional and social behaviour of their young.

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Maternal presence limits the effects of early bottle feeding and petting on lambs’ socialisation to the stockperson

Cited by 25 publications

References 26 publications

Effects of early human handling on the pain sensitivity of young lambs

Effects of early human handling on the pain sensitivity of young lambs

Nonnutritive sucking: One of the major determinants of filial love

Mothering during early development influences subsequent emotional and social behaviour in Japanese quail

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