Social distances of goats at the feeding rack: Influence of the quality of social bonds, rank differences, grouping age and presence of horns

Aschwanden, Janine; Gygax, Lorenz; Wechsler, Beat; Keil, Nina M.

doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2008.02.002

Cited by 52 publications

(34 citation statements)

References 18 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Far more of these were initiated by unfamiliar goats than by confrontees and/or peers, irrespective of the rank of the unfamiliar goats. This finding is unusual for horned goats in stable groups, where agonistic interactions without physical contact normally predominate (Aschwanden et al, 2008). Rather than being associated with the establishment of dominance relationships, the agonistic interactions during confrontations might have been motivated by unfamiliarity, intended to drive away unfamiliar animals, as has been suggested by Puppe (1998) in the context of mixing unfamiliar pigs.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…Shortly before the start of the experiment, the dominance relationships of the goats in each group ('unfamiliar' goats and 'confrontees') were evaluated by direct observation during morning and evening feeding times according to the method used by Aschwanden et al (2008). With the help of the rank index (between 0 = omega and 1 = alpha), each goat was categorised as either low-(0.0-0.2), medium-(0.4-0.6) or high-ranking (0.8-1).…”

Section: Dominance Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Behavioural and physiological reactions of goats confronted with an unfamiliar group either when alone or with two peers

Patt

Gygax

Wechsler

et al. 2013

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 89%

Section: Dominance Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Behavioural and physiological reactions of goats confronted with an unfamiliar group either when alone or with two peers

Patt

Gygax

Wechsler

et al. 2013

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…close contact with conspecifics they have a positive relationship with, rather than an agonistic one (Aschwanden et al 2008), and sheep on pasture graze closer to familiar conspecifics than to unfamiliar sheep (Boissy and Dumont 2002). However, behavioural observations are needed to confirm this.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Temperament, age and weather predict social interaction in the sheep flock

Doyle

Broster

Barnes

et al. 2016

Behavioural Processes

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Please cite this article as: Doyle, Rebecca E., Broster, John C., Barnes, Kirsty, Browne, William J., Temperament, age and weather predict social interaction in the sheep flock.Behavioural Processes http://dx.doi.org/10. 1016/j.beproc.2016.08.004 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. Highlights: Sheep appear to have temperament-related social preference for specific individuals within a flock. Age, rainfall and temperature all affected social interactions of the sheep flock. Vocalisations and movement scores in the isolation box test are well correlated over time, but the two types of behaviours were poorly correlated with each other, suggesting they reflect different things. Multiple Membership Multiple Classification modelling is a useful way to analyse social structures of the flock and make predictions on how animal or environment circumstances affect social behaviour. AbstractThe aim of the current study was to investigate the social relationships between individual sheep, and factors that influence this, through the novel application of the statistical multiple

show abstract

“…However, more rigorous scientific studies on spacing behaviour comparing horned and hornless cattle are necessary. In goats, Aschwanden et al (2008) in an experimental study could not detect any influence of the presence of horns on social distances at the feeding rack. It would be worthwhile to undertake similar studies in cattle.…”

Section: Behavioural Consequencesmentioning

confidence: 84%