Regrouping in lactating goats increases aggression and decreases milk production

Fernandez, Mariana; Álvarez, L.; Zarco, L.

doi:10.1016/j.smallrumres.2006.03.008

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“…Lambs fattened in classification centres under intensive conditions tend to present increased adrenocortical activity compared to animals in non-confined systems (Miranda-de la Lama, Rivero, et al, 2010). The same tendency has been observed in social mixing after classification (Fernández, Alvarez, & Zarco, 2007;Sevi et al, 2001). Using lambs that were similar to those in the present study, Miranda-de la Lama et al (2012) found that the cortisol levels of lambs in CCs tended to decrease after a few weeks in confinement, suggesting that they adapted to the new conditions.…”

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confidence: 75%

Effect of straw on lamb welfare, production performance and meat quality during the finishing phase of fattening

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Section: Physiological Parametersmentioning

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Effect of straw on lamb welfare, production performance and meat quality during the finishing phase of fattening

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“…Throughout a long history, goat maintained its presence in all human activity even with civilization due to their adaptability to adverse environmental conditions, ability to graze on poor quality forage, high turnover on investment as well as high efficiency of milk production (Fernandez et al, 2007). Social aspects of goat rearing should be considered more especially in regard to issues of forest and regional land management.…”

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Impact of Dominance on Behaviour of Goat reared under Different Housing Systems

Abdel-Hamid¹

2017

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Key words:Goat, Management, Dominance, Behaviour, Housing Systems.This study was carried out to investigate the effect of dominance on behaviour of goat reared under different housing conditions. A two flock of baladi goats belonging to both the farm of faculty of veterinary medicine, Zagazig university and private one at Hehia city, Sharkeya in which a total number of forty baladi goats (9-18 m) were used and reared under two housing systems either semi-intensive or village system (20 goats per system) which randomly allocated into two sub-groups (4 male and 16 female). The following behaviours were assessed: ingestive, agonistic and eliminative for each housing system. The results revealed that there was significant effect of the dominance index on the behaviour of goat with the highest for the dominance index >0.66 for goats reared under semi-intensive system followed by the village. Therefore, it can be concluded that rearing goats under the semi-intensive system could be better than the village one with the following recommendation to gain the good economic benefit from it: 1. Suitable stocking density with similarity in age and size 2. Avoid regrouping and keep the group stable 3. Sufficient feeding spaces to avoid fighting on feed resources 4. Avoid bad management by human to keep the animal in good temperament.

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“…Sex as well as the small group size might have had a certain influence here. There is no evidence that general practice on the city farms leads to higher rates of agonistic behaviors that could be indicators of (social) stress (Fernández, Alvarez, & Zarco, 2007). The fact that intraspecies agonistic behavior was rarer when people were within the animals' enclosure might have been due to the additional behavioral options-for example, 128 SCHILLING ET AL.…”

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Stress Assessment in Small Ruminants Kept on City Farms in Southern Germany

Schilling

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Palme

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Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

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Sheep and goats are frequently used in nonhuman animal-assisted activities on city farms. There are few data available on this type of usage of small ruminants. Health evaluations, behavioral observations (feeding, resting, comfort, explorative and social behaviors), behavioral tests (human approach tests and touch test), and measurements of fecal cortisol metabolites and heart rate were performed to assess stress levels in 25 sheep and 32 goats on 7 city farms and 2 activity playgrounds in Germany. No evidence was found that the animals suffered from major distress. Health evaluations, behavioral observations, and behavioral tests proved to be the methods of stress assessment most suitable for routine on-farm checks in these settings.

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Regrouping in lactating goats increases aggression and decreases milk production

Cited by 33 publications

References 16 publications

Effect of straw on lamb welfare, production performance and meat quality during the finishing phase of fattening

Effect of straw on lamb welfare, production performance and meat quality during the finishing phase of fattening

Impact of Dominance on Behaviour of Goat reared under Different Housing Systems

Stress Assessment in Small Ruminants Kept on City Farms in Southern Germany

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