Could adults be used to improve social skills of young horses, Equus caballus?

被引:38
作者
Bourjade, Marie [1 ]
Moulinot, Maic [1 ]
Richard-Yris, Marie-Annick [1 ]
Hausberger, Martine [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Rennes 1, CNRS, UMR Ethol Evolut Ecol 6552, F-35042 Rennes, France
关键词
horse; social influence; young-adult interaction; social development;
D O I
10.1002/dev.20301
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
We investigated the effects of the introduction of foreign adults oil the behavior of young horses. First, we observed the behavior of 1- and 2-year-old domestic horses housed in same-age and same-sex groups (a standard housing system, but different from a natural situation). Then, two same-sex adults were introduced into each experimental group. Observations made before, during and after an introduction indicated that young horses reared in homogeneous groups of young had different behaviors compared to other domestic horses reared tinder more socially natural conditions. After the introduction of adults, young horses expressed new behaviors, preferential social associations emerged, positive social behavior increased and agonistic interactions decreased. These results have important implications both for understanding the influence that adults may have oil the behavior of young horses, and in terms of husbandry, indicating the importance of keeping young horses with adults, although further studies are still necessary. (C) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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页码:408 / 417
页数:10
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