The effect of approach direction and pace on flight distance of beef breeding cows

Kosako, Takami; Fukasawa, Michiru; Kohari, Daisuke; Oikawa, Kumiko; Tsukada, Hideharu

doi:10.1111/j.1740-0929.2008.00586.x

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“…Schematic examples of human-interaction tests (presence, approach, contact, and restraint) that can be conducted with range cattle are presented in Figure 2 . The schematic examples involving human presence and approach with an unfamiliar human are adapted from studies that assess human interactions in a ‘home’ or grazing environment [ 99 , 107 , 109 , 128 ], presence and approach with a speaker and restraint schematic examples are derived from experiences undergone by authors on unpublished pilot studies and studies with wildlife that utilize speakers.…”

Section: Recommendations For Future Hai Research In Rangeland Cattmentioning

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Researching Human-Cattle Interaction on Rangelands: Challenges and Potential Solutions

Creamer

Horback

2021

Animals

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Human-animal interaction (HAI) research spans across many scientific fields and animal taxa. For livestock species, HAI research tends to focus on animals that are managed in close proximity with humans such as poultry, dairy cattle, and swine. Given the nature of rangeland cattle production, HAI research with beef cattle often occurs in and around the processing environment. This high arousal context may skew behavioral and physiological responses by the animals due to the potentially negative interaction. The aim of this review is to describe cattle production on rangelands, examine the considerations and limitations of current HAI research used to evaluate interaction quality or traits of rangeland cattle, identify contexts in which rangeland cattle interact with humans, and provide recommendations for improving future HAI research with rangeland cattle. Current research delineating individual differences in response to humans by beef cattle occur during routine husbandry and management on rangelands (pragmatic) and in a research context (experimental). Human-cattle interactions can be distinguished based on the quality and goal of the interaction into four broad categories: human presence, human approach, human contact, and restraint. Limitations of HAI research with rangeland cattle are identified and reconciled by recommendations for HAI research that can take place outside of the processing environment (i.e., while cattle are ruminating, resting or grazing on rangelands).

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Section: Recommendations For Future Hai Research In Rangeland Cattmentioning

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Researching Human-Cattle Interaction on Rangelands: Challenges and Potential Solutions

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2021

Animals

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“…The human approach test evaluates the humananimal relationship (fear of humans) which has an impact on handler's safety and welfare and productivity of animals (Kilgour et al 2006;Kosako et al 2008;Gibbons et al 2009;Leruste et al 2012). Gibbons et al (2009) reported that intra-animal consistency in flight response of dairy cows to an approaching human differed among human approach situations, being greatest when the animals were standing idle in the passageway of the home-pen followed by lying down and at the feedface.…”

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Responsiveness of beef cattle (Bos taurus) to human approach, novelty, social isolation, restraint and trade‐offs between feeding and social companionship

Hirata

Kubo

Taketomi

et al. 2016

Animal Science Journal

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This study investigated responsiveness of beef cattle to various environmental stimuli by subjecting 15-16 Japanese Black cows to five tests repeated twice. Within individual behavioral measures, cows were moderately (repeatability = 0.54-0.70) or highly (repeatability = 0.74-0.89) consistent in flight distance during grazing and resting in the human approach tests, maximum distance from the group pen and the number of total and different feed tub visits in the feeding-sociability trade-off test, and unwillingness to enter the restraint, movement under restraint and flight speed after release from restraint in the social isolation and restraint test. By contrast, cows were not consistent in the latency to make the first contact and the number of contacts with novel object(s) in the novelty test (repeatability = 0.24-0.39). Across behavioral measures in different tests, cows showed no consistency (P ≥ 0.05) in any combinations of measures from the two human approach tests, the trade-off test and the social isolation and restraint test. In conclusion, human approach (particularly during resting), feeding-sociability trade-off and social isolation and restraint situations can be used for evaluating personality in Japanese Black cows, while the value of the novelty test needs to be reexamined.

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“…The flight distance of each steer was measured over three consecutive days in August 2007 in the lowland pasture described above, using the method of Kosako et al . (). The experimenter walked around the herd for 30 min initially, to habituate the animals to their presence.…”

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Bovine growth hormone gene polymorphism affects stress response in Japanese Black cattle

Tachi

Tanaka

Ardiyanti

et al. 2014

Animal Science Journal

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We investigate the associations between growth hormone (GH) gene polymorphism and behavioral and physiological responses to stressors and learning ability in Japanese Black cattle. Flight distance test was conducted in the first experiment. Steers with haplotype C of GH gene polymorphism avoided human approaches at a significantly greater distance than ones without haplotype C (C: 1.9 ± 0.9, non-C: 1.0 ± 0.2 m, P < 0.05). An open-field test was conducted in the second experiment. Behavioral responses did not differ significantly between steers with and without haplotype C. Increases of heart rates to dropping of iron pipes was significantly higher in steers with haplotype C (C:161.7 ± 21.8, non-C:130.7 ± 31.3%, P < 0.05). Despite basal serum concentrations not being different between steers with and without haplotype C, serum cortisol in blood sampling immediately after severe confinement in a race tended to be higher in steers with haplotype C (P = 0.1). The maze test was conducted as the third experiment. There was no difference in performance in the maze test between steers with and without haplotype C. It is concluded that genetic polymorphism of GH may affect stress responses through GH concentration in steers.

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The effect of approach direction and pace on flight distance of beef breeding cows

Cited by 7 publications

References 14 publications

Researching Human-Cattle Interaction on Rangelands: Challenges and Potential Solutions

Researching Human-Cattle Interaction on Rangelands: Challenges and Potential Solutions

Responsiveness of beef cattle (Bos taurus) to human approach, novelty, social isolation, restraint and trade‐offs between feeding and social companionship

Bovine growth hormone gene polymorphism affects stress response in Japanese Black cattle

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