Avoidance of tape-recorded milking facility noise by dairy heifers in a Y maze choice task

Arnold, Naomi A.; Ng, Kim T.; Hemsworth, P.H.

doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2007.02.002

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“…Numbers with different superscripts are statistically different (repeated ANOVA).B, bedding treatment; BBF, bedding, brush and face picture treatments. also been reported in other studies (Rodriguez et al 1992;Grandin et al 1994;Arnold et al 2008). Therefore, we should conduct an experimental protocol wherein perseverance are avoided (e.g.…”

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“…Therefore, we should conduct an experimental protocol wherein perseverance are avoided (e.g. Arnold et al. 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, we should conduct an experimental protocol wherein perseverance are avoided (e.g. Arnold et al 2008). Moreover, it is suggested that if a gregarious animal is made to stay in isolation in an experimental set-up, we would have to decrease the isolated stress in preference testing for its welfare and accurate measurement of its preference (e.g.…”

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Display of a peer's face picture enhances the preference for a pen in preference testing in cows

Ninomiya

Sato

2009

Animal Science Journal

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Using preference testing, we investigated the effect of a brush and a peer's face picture on the welfare of breeding beef cows. Four cows were used in experiment 1 and another four cows were used in experiment 2. An experimental barn consisted of two 3.5 square-meter pens, and a corridor measuring 1.6 m wide and 1.3 m long. During the experiment, either side of the pens were treated. In experiment 1, straw bedding was placed in a treated pen (condition B) in the first two trials, a brush was added in the treated pen (condition BB) in the next two trials, and a peer's face picture was displayed in the treated pen (condition BBF) in the last two trials. In experiment 2, condition B was applied for the first two trials, a peer's face picture was displayed in the treated pen (condition BF) in the next two trials, and condition BBF was applied for the last two trials. Each cow was housed alone from 09.00 hour to 15.00 h in the experimental barn during the six trials. The cows stayed in the treatment pen longer than in the non-treatment pen under all conditions in experiments 1 and 2. In experiment 1, the mean total time spent in the treatment pen was longer under condition BBF than under conditions B and BB. In experiment 2, the mean total time spent in the treatment pen was shorter under condition B than under conditions BF and BBF. The mean percentage of time spent ruminating was greater under condition BBF than under condition B. It is concluded that the cows preferred the peer's face picture in the isolated condition of preference testing in this study.

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“…Therefore, we should conduct an experimental protocol wherein perseverance are avoided (e.g. Arnold et al. 2008).…”

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Display of a peer's face picture enhances the preference for a pen in preference testing in cows

Ninomiya

Sato

2009

Animal Science Journal

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“…Preference for an environment is assessed on the number of times one arm of the T-maze is chosen and/or the amount of time it takes for the animal to make its choice (Sumpter et al, 2002). The T-maze procedure has been used as a measure of choice behaviour in dairy cows to assess noise avoidance (Arnold, Ng, Jongman, & Hemsworth, 2008), various handling treatments including shouting, hitting and electric shocks (Pajor, Rushen, & de Passillé, 2003) and restraint procedures in sheep (Rushen,1986), deer (Pollard, Littlejohn, & Suttie, 1994) and beef cattle (Grandin, Odde, Schutz, & Behrns, 1994). However, results can be difficult to interpret.…”

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Dairy calves’ preference for rearing substrate

Worth

Schütz

Stewart³

et al. 2015

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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“…Another study looked at dairy cattle response to typical sounds in a milking facility and found that cows given a choice of whether to move towards those sounds versus neutral stimuli preferred to avoid the milking noises (27) . Much like the race, this study indicates the ability to assess cow preferences in a wide range of environments.…”

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Conditioning Methods for Animals in Agriculture: A Review

Abramsom

Kieson

2016

Ciênc. anim. bras.

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This article briefly describes different conditioning techniques used to help understand learning in farm livestock and economically important animals. A basic overview of conditioning is included along with the importance of different conditioning methods, associative and non-associative learning, and how these principles apply to chickens, horses, cows, goats, pigs, and sheep. Additional information on learning theory specific for each animal is also provided. Keywords: cattle; classical; conditioning; goats; horses; operant; pigs; sheep; training. ResumoEste artigo descreve brevemente diferentes técnicas de condicionamento usadas para ajudar a compreender a aprendizagem em animas de criação e animais economicamente importantes. Uma visão geral básica de condicionamento está incluída juntamente com a importância de diferentes métodos de condicionamento, aprendizagens associativas e não-associativas e como esses princípios se aplicam para as galinhas, cavalos, vacas, suínos, caprinos e ovinos. Informações adicionais sobre a teoria de aprendizagem específica para cada animal também são fornecidas.

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Avoidance of tape-recorded milking facility noise by dairy heifers in a Y maze choice task

Cited by 14 publications

References 19 publications

Display of a peer's face picture enhances the preference for a pen in preference testing in cows

Display of a peer's face picture enhances the preference for a pen in preference testing in cows

Dairy calves’ preference for rearing substrate

Conditioning Methods for Animals in Agriculture: A Review

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