The Stress of Not Being Able to Perform Dustbathing in Laying Hens

Vestergaard, K.; Skadhauge, Erik; Lawson, Lartey Godwin

doi:10.1016/s0031-9384(97)00041-3

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“…In short, some main characteristics of behavioural needs are: (1) Absence of stimuli that are indispensable for essential activities, or denying the actual performance of essential behavioural patterns, can induce a state of chronic stress, resulting into physiological and/or behavioural pathology (e.g. Hughes, 1980;Friend, 1989;van Liere and Wiepkema, 1992;Broom and Johnson, 1993;Jensen and Toates, 1993;Vestergaard et al, 1997); (2) The behaviour can be performed without the presence of eliciting cues (primarily internally motivated; e.g. Friend, 1989); (3) The behaviour is performed at a higher rate when the animal is first allowed to perform the behaviour after a period of deprivation ("damming-up": Friend, 1989 or rebound effects Vestergaard 1982); (4) The presence of vacuum activities (Hughes and Duncan, 1988), i.e.…”

Section: Behavioural Needs: Definitions Concepts and Some Characterimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Notable examples include the dust bathing behaviour of chickens (e.g. Vestergaard, 1980Vestergaard, , 1982;Nicol and Guilford, 1991;Vestergaard et al, 1997Vestergaard et al, , 1999van Liere and Wiepkema, 1992;Petherick et al, 1995;Johnsen and Vestergaard, 1996;Lindberg and Nicol, 1997;Duncan et al, 1998;Widowski and Duncan, 2000;Nicol et al, 2001), nesting and pre-laying behaviour in the laying hen (e.g. Cooper and Appleby, 1995) and the rooting of pigs (e.g.…”

Section: Behavioural Needs: Definitions Concepts and Some Characterimentioning

confidence: 99%

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To swim or not to swim: An interpretation of farmed mink's motivation for a water bath

Vinke

Hansen

Mononen

et al. 2008

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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SummaryHow an animal's behavioural (ethological) needs can be met is a pivotal issue in the assessment of welfare for captive animals. The value of swimming water for farmed mink is an example how scientific and societal questions relating to animal welfare can be answered. A number of studies have addressed the issue of the indispensability of swimming water for mink; however, so far with inconclusive evidence. In this paper, the results of these studies and related literature are reviewed.First, the biological definition of need is discussed. Subsequently, attention is paid to the effects of the presence, absence and the removal of swimming water on behavioural and physiological correlates of well-being including stereotypic and anticipatory behaviour and urinary cortisol.Thereafter we discuss individual differences in the use of swimming water, the price animals pay for access to a water bath, and the effect of access to swimming water on juvenile play.The main conclusions of the literature review are that 1) the use of a water bath for mink is most likely related to foraging behaviour (foraging areas: land and water); 2) absence of swimming water, without prior experience, does not lead to consistent changes in level of stereotypic behaviour, or anticipatory responses; 3) removal of a previously experienced water bath may induce short-term stress as indicated by behavioural parameters and elevated cortisol responses; 4) mink work hard for access to a swimming bath and running wheel in consumer demand studies. Other cage modifications such as tunnels and biting objects, may also provide environmental enrichment, if they are added to otherwise impoverished conditions; 5) There are individual differences in the use of swimming water: these are related in part to variation in prior experience of aquatic resources.; 6) As prior experience is important both with respect to individual use of swimming water and the response to deprivation, swimming water can not be described as biological need in the sense of a fixed requirement for survival. As swimming water appears to act as an incentive that induces its own motivation a more accurate term may be an "incentive induced or environmentally facilitated need". Given the available evidence, it is not possible to conclude whether mink that have never experienced swimming water, suffer as a consequence of its absence. However, it is possible to predict that mink with access to water have improved quality of life, due to increased behavioural opportunities, in comparison to farmed mink without access to swimming water. In practical terms, it is still open to debate whether mink should be provided with swimming water, or if alternative, less valued, but easier to install and maintain forms of environmental enrichment, should be provided in mink housing.To clarify these issues a number of future studies would be valuable. These include; 1) whether specific environmental cues affect motivation to swim, such as the form of drinking water delivery systems ; 2) whether prior ex...

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Section: Behavioural Needs: Definitions Concepts and Some Characterimentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Behavioural Needs: Definitions Concepts and Some Characterimentioning

confidence: 99%

To swim or not to swim: An interpretation of farmed mink's motivation for a water bath

Vinke

Hansen

Mononen

et al. 2008

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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“…Dust-bathing is one of the most difficult behaviour patterns to assess because it is influenced by internal and external factors (PETHERICK et al, 1995). According to VEESTERGAARD et al (1997), hens are highly motivated to dust bathe, but FAURE & LAGADIC (1994) suggested that dust bathing is not a behavioural imperative for hens. In our study, at 21 weeks of age, more FR hens were in the dust bath, they dust bathed more often, and had higher activity levels than did CR hens.…”

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Rearing system and behavioural adaptation of laying hens to furnished cages

2008

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“…In support of this perspective, research across varying taxa has demonstrated that a lack of ability to express species-typical behavioural patterns such as traveling and grooming are associated with compromised welfare (e.g., Mason, 2003, 2007;Pomerantz et al, 2013;Vestergaard et al, 1997).…”

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Investigating the relationship between welfare and rearing young in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Cronin

West

Ross

2016

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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a b s t r a c tWhether the opportunity to breed and rear young improves the welfare of captive animals is currently debated. However, there is very little empirical data available to evaluate this relationship and this study is a first attempt to contribute objective data to this debate. We utilized the existing variation in the reproductive experiences of sanctuary chimpanzees at Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust in Zambia to investigate whether breeding and rearing young was associated with improved welfare for adult females (N = 43). We considered several behavioural welfare indicators, including rates of luxury behaviours and abnormal or stress-related behaviours under normal conditions and conditions inducing social stress. Furthermore, we investigated whether spending time with young was associated with good or poor welfare for adult females, regardless of their kin relationship. We used generalized linear mixed models and found no difference between adult females with and without dependent young on any welfare indices, nor did we find that time spent in proximity to unrelated young predicted welfare (all fullnull model comparisons likelihood ratio tests P > 0.05). However, we did find that coprophagy was more prevalent among mother-reared than non-mother-reared individuals, in line with recent work suggesting this behaviour may have a different etiology than other behaviours often considered to be abnormal. In sum, the findings from this initial study lend support to the hypothesis that the opportunity to breed and rear young does not provide a welfare benefit for chimpanzees in captivity. We hope this investigation provides a valuable starting point for empirical study into the welfare implications of managed breeding.

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The Stress of Not Being Able to Perform Dustbathing in Laying Hens

Cited by 90 publications

References 33 publications

To swim or not to swim: An interpretation of farmed mink's motivation for a water bath

To swim or not to swim: An interpretation of farmed mink's motivation for a water bath

Rearing system and behavioural adaptation of laying hens to furnished cages

Investigating the relationship between welfare and rearing young in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

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