Filial Imprinting, Environmental Enrichment, and Music Application Effects on Behavior and Performance of Meat Strain Chicks

Gvaryahu, G.; Cunningham, Dan L.; Tienhoven, A. van

doi:10.3382/ps.0680211

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“…A limited number of studies have explored the effects of music on nonhuman animals. For example, classical music has been suggested to enhance the well-being of chickens (Gvaryahu et al, 1989), carp (Papoutsoglou et al, 2007), Asian elephants (Wells and Irwin, 2008), western lowland gorillas (Wells et al, 2006), and domestic dogs (Wells et al, 2002). Other types of auditory stimulation that have been studied include the effects of country music on cattle (Uetake et al, 1997;Wisniewski et al, 1977) and ponies (Houpt et al, 2000).…”

Section: Auditory Stimulationmentioning

confidence: 98%

Behavioral effects of auditory stimulation on kenneled dogs

Kogan

Schoenfeld-Tacher

Simon

2012

Journal of Veterinary Behavior

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Section: Auditory Stimulationmentioning

confidence: 98%

Behavioral effects of auditory stimulation on kenneled dogs

Kogan

Schoenfeld-Tacher

Simon

2012

Journal of Veterinary Behavior

100

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“…Research also suggests that music can relieve stress and promote growth in animals and in plants. Gvaryahu et al . (1989) found that farm‐raised chicks behaved less fearfully and grew more robust when exposed to music.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of auditory stimuli on the lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster

Morales

Seong

Kim

et al. 2010

Entomological Research

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It is well known that music can have calming effects on humans, other mammals and birds. Reducing environmental stress or enhancing the resistance to certain stressors has been shown to extend lifespan in several organisms. Evidence also suggests that mild temporary stress may also enhance stress resistance and ultimately slow the aging process. This study explored the possibility that music may influence the lifespan of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, possibly by affecting responses to stress. Flies received either background sounds (control), or background sounds supplemented with music (experimental). The experimental group had classical music playing constantly at an average of 20 dB above background sound. The median lifespan of females receiving music was 42 days compared to the median of 45 days without music, but the difference was not significant. For males median lifespans were 42 days with music exposure, and 47 days without music and the difference was significant. These results suggest that exposure to classical music decreased the lifespan of male Drosophila. Both experimental and control populations showed age‐dependent increases in mortality, indicating that music affects the normal aging process rather than showing overt toxicity. These results suggest that certain auditory stimuli may be stressful and can be used as insect management.

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“…growth rate and feed conversion ratio, which may be a consequence of an improved welfare for these farmed animals and which may constitute an important result for the farmers too, thus inducing them to improve the rearing environment for these animals. Moreover, providing environmental enrichment to farmed rabbits may 'improve the public image of animal production' and 'increase economic returns by boosting growth rate or feed conversion efficiency (Gvaryahu et al, 1989). Housing enrichment for rabbits may be obtained both by modi fying the rearing system and/or introducing some alternative stimuli into the environment.…”

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Behaviour and production of fattening rabbits in colony cages, with and without environmental enrichment

Luzi¹,

Martino²,

Verga³

2017

J Hellenic Vet Med Soc

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In intensive rabbit husbandry systems animals are usually housed in 2 place-cages without any kind of environmental enrichment. This system may induce stress due to boredom. To reduce stress, both colony cages and the presence of something to gnaw inside the cage may be useful. The aim of this research was to test the effect of environmental enrichment (presence of a piece of wood inside the cage) on performance and health of fattening rabbits, i.e. presence of body injuries. This trial has been carried out in a commercial farm, located in Northern of Italy (Piemonte region), during the summer of year 2002. The ventilation and the photoperiod were under natural conditions. Animals were housed in colony cages (12 cages, 8 animals per cage; cage size: 50x120x40 cm; density: 0.750 cm2 per animal) in semi plain-air conditions. Animals' behaviour was video-recorded during 72 hours (24 hours for 3 days) at 55, 70 and 83 days of age. The video recording covered 48 rabbits for each treatment: environmental enrichment and control group. Animals were weighted at 55, 70, 85 days; the carcass weight and yield were also analysed. Daily weight gain (49.6±2.7g vs 46.18±5.6g) and weight at slaughtering (2973.18±34.09g vs 2834.68±34.45g, P<0.01) were heavier in enriched cages than in control groups. The carcass yield was not different between the groups (62.2%); no injuries were detected on the carcass surface during the slaughter processing on both the environmental and control groups. In the first period (55 days of age) the enriched rabbits were more active than the control ones; in detail, the behaviours lying and lying stretched were significandy lower (P<0.001 and P<0.05, respectively). Furthermore, the enriched rabbits showed a trend to a better feeding activity, maybe linked to a total higher activity. In the second (70 days of age) and third period (83 days of age) the enriched rabbits showed higher feeding behaviour and caecotrophy levels (P<0.05). In the present research, the results show that to give rabbits a hanging wood from the cage ceiling may improve their biological functioning and increase their growth rate without deteriorate their health status. As regards the behaviour of rabbit caged, the results showed that the environmental enrichment might affect their behaviour and increase their welfare.

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Filial Imprinting, Environmental Enrichment, and Music Application Effects on Behavior and Performance of Meat Strain Chicks

Cited by 77 publications

References 21 publications

Behavioral effects of auditory stimulation on kenneled dogs

Behavioral effects of auditory stimulation on kenneled dogs

Effects of auditory stimuli on the lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster

Behaviour and production of fattening rabbits in colony cages, with and without environmental enrichment

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