10.6084/m9.figshare.5183191.v1
Mayra Oliveira Medeiros
Mayra Oliveira
Medeiros
Laura Alves Brandi
Laura Alves
Brandi
Camila Giunco
Camila
Giunco
Amanda Heloisa Dicilio de Alcântara
Amanda Heloisa Dicilio
de Alcântara
Tamires Romão Nunes
Tamires Romão
Nunes
Roberta Ariboni Brandi
Roberta Ariboni
Brandi
Reactivity of foals to the feeding stall with unknown object hanging above
CBBiomet 2017
2017
bags
behavior
horses
Animal Behaviour
2017-08-07 19:24:50
Journal contribution
https://cbbiomet.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Reactivity_of_foals_to_the_feeding_stall_with_unknown_object_hanging_above/5183191
<p>The aim of this study was to evaluate the reactivity of foals to the
feeding stall with unknown objects tied to its roof. For this, 11 foals, six
males and five females, were taken to the feeding stall, where open raffia bags
were placed tied to the roof, in a way to disturb but not prevent the entrance
to the stalls, for a period of five consecutive days. Three variables were
observed at the moment of entrance in the stall for each animal, and given
scores to possible variations of the behaviors. Behavioral observations were
performed using the continuous visual method, and analyzed with a variance test
by gender, score and day of observation, with multiple comparison by PDIFF at
5%. There was no effect (p> 0.05) of the hanging object on the Position of
the Eyes for gender, score or day, with a predominance of attentive eyes, with
a frequency of 91,83%. There was also no effect (p> 0.05) for the variable
Position of the Ears for gender or day, however there was an effect (p
<0.05) for score, with predominance of ears facing forwards and backwards.
There was no effect (p> 0.05) for gender, score or day for the Snorting
variable, all animals did not snort. There is no difference between gender of
foals on the reactivity to a new tactile object positioned before the feeding
trough. The foals pay attention to the object hanging on the roof without
increasing their reactivity.</p>