The influence of preexperimental experience on social discrimination in rats (Rattus norvegicus).

Burman, Ohp; Mendl, Michael

doi:10.1037/0735-7036.117.3.344

Journal of Comparative Psychology

2003

DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.117.3.344

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The influence of preexperimental experience on social discrimination in rats (Rattus norvegicus).

Ohp Burman¹,

Michael Mendl²

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Knowledge about social recognition and memory in animals can help us to determine appropriate management and husbandry techniques. In this study, we used a habituation-discrimination procedure to investigate the ability of horses (Equus caballus) to distinguish between the body odour samples of unfamiliar conspecifics. To pick up body odour, we rubbed material on the coat of horses and presented these unknown body odours to 16 different conspecifics of the same sex and similar age. The test consisted of two successive two-min presentations of a sample from one individual (e.g. individual 'A') and a simultaneous presentation of samples from individual 'A' and a novel individual (e.g. individual 'B') during a final third presentation. The results showed that horses, regardless of sex, decreased the time they spent investigating conspecific body odour across the initial two presentations-demonstrating habituation. In the final presentation, the results demonstrated successful discrimination of the previously experienced odour because horses investigated the novel olfactory sample ('B') significantly more than the pre-exposed sample ('A'). Taken together, these findings suggest, for the first time, that horses are able to discriminate two stimuli derived from body odours of unfamiliar conspecifics over short period of time.

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The influence of preexperimental experience on social discrimination in rats (Rattus norvegicus).

Cited by 6 publications

References 36 publications

Horses (Equus caballus) discriminate body odour cues from conspecifics

Horses (Equus caballus) discriminate body odour cues from conspecifics

Ethical regulation and animal science: why animal behaviour is special

What is it like to be a rat? Rat sensory perception and its implications for experimental design and rat welfare

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