Changes in temporal and spatial associations between pairs of cattle during the process of familiarisation

Patison, Kym P.; Swain, D. L.; Bishop-Hurley, Greg; Robins, Garry; Pattison, Philippa; Reid, David

doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2010.10.001

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“…The ambiguous relation between agonistic and allogrooming behaviour as revealed by PCA supports the view that allogrooming serves multiple functions. Allogrooming has been interpreted in a context of bonding, reconciliation, and appeasement (Sambraus, 1969;Aureli et al, 2002), while resting together has been interpreted as an indicator of affiliation Coulon et al, 2010;Gygax et al, 2010;Patison et al, 2010). Specifically, in this study, multiparous pairs with a synchronous reproductive cycle as indicated by a shared dry period groomed each other frequently, while multiparous pairs that had grown up together rested near each other frequently.…”

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confidence: 91%

Long-term familiarity creates preferred social partners in dairy cows

Gutmann

Špinka

Winckler

2015

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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confidence: 91%

Long-term familiarity creates preferred social partners in dairy cows

Gutmann

Špinka

Winckler

2015

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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“…Murphey and de Moura Duarte [40] determined that familiarity of herd mates was more important than breed when cattle formed aggregations on pasture. Other research has indicated that familiarity among cattle in the same pasture affects proximity between cattle and differences in behavior and movements patterns [41,42]. This was especially evident at the CDRRC where HWI association levels for four GPS-tracked cows from one breeding group averaged 0.68 ± 0.07 SD with each other, and only 0.37 ± 0.09 SD with cattle from different breeding groups at 500 m (Stephenson, unpublished data).…”

Section: Association Of Gps-tracked Cattlementioning

confidence: 83%

Do Movement Patterns of GPS-Tracked Cattle on Extensive Rangelands Suggest Independence among Individuals?

Stephenson

Bailey

2017

Agriculture

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Abstract:In behavioral studies, cattle within the same pasture are not considered as independent experimental units because of the potential confounding effects of the herd's social interactions. However, evaluating cattle behavior on extensive rangelands is logistically challenging for researchers, and treating individual animals as independent experimental units may be beneficial for answering specific research questions. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association patterns among global positioning system (GPS)-tracked cattle at six different study sites in the western United States. A Half-Weight Index (HWI) association value was calculated for each pair of GPS-tracked cows (i.e., dyad) to determine the proportion of time that cattle were within 75 m and 500 m of each other. Cattle at two study sites exhibited relatively low mean HWI-association values (i.e., less than 0.23 HWI); whereas, cattle at other study sites tended to have greater mean HWI associations (i.e., greater than 0.35 HWI). Distinguishing features between study sites with low and high association values were the management of cattle prior to the study, herd size, pasture size, and the number of watering points. However, at all ranches except one, at least 75% of all dyadic associations had HWI values of less than 0.5 at 500 m, indicating that most of the GPS-tracked cows were greater than 500 m from each other for over 50% of tracking period. While interactions among cattle in the same pasture are often inevitable, our data suggests that under some situations, movement patterns of a sub-set of individual GPS-tracked cows may have levels of independence that are sufficient for analysis as individual experimental units. Understanding the level of independence among GPS-tracked cattle may provide options for analysis of grazing behavior for individual cattle within the same pasture.

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“…The detailed observation data has previously been reported (Finger et al, 2014) and included detailed measures of association patterns. Over a series of three 4-week deployments, all adult cattle were fitted with a Sirtrack proximity logger to record the frequency and duration of close proximity encounters (Patison et al, 2010). At the end of each 4 week deployment, the collars were removed and downloaded before being re-fitted to the animals.…”

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“…The proximity logger data were aligned for contacts between pairs based on the method of Patison et al (2010) and Hamede et al (2009) to create a single file of pair-wise contacts. The contact data were summarized on a daily basis to provide the total time that individual pairs of cows spent in close proximity.…”

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confidence: 99%