ゴットランドのラスの馬におけるストレス指標としての心拍数
Isidora Dundjerovic1, Lynne U Sneddon1
1Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Zoo biology
|February 20, 2026
まとめ
公共の場や活動が街の公園で馬にストレスを与えない. 研究者は,休息,運動,遊び場での心拍数を測定し,人間との交流によるストレス指標は見つかりませんでした.
科学分野:
- 動物福祉科学 動物福祉科学
- 獣医生理学 獣医生理学とは
背景:
- 身体的,精神的な健康を含む動物福祉の評価は,特に動物園や都市公園で飼育されている動物にとって極めて重要です.
- 動物のストレスが繁殖の成功に悪影響を及ぼし,福祉の評価は保育育育種プログラムにとって不可欠です.
- 公共の動物収容所への訪問者数が多いため,人間の存在と騒音が動物のストレスレベルに与える影響を理解することが必要になります.
研究 の 目的:
- 都市公園の環境で,人間の訪問者と関連する活動に曝された馬のストレス反応を調査する.
- 遊び場での人間との密接な接触がゴットランド・ラスの馬のストレス反応を引き起こすかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- 極地帯を用いた心拍数モニタリングは,ゴットランド・ラスの8頭の馬でストレスの主要な指標として使用されました.
- 馬は,休息,運動,そして人間と密接な交流を伴う遊び場イベントの3つの異なる条件に従いました.
- すべての3つの治療条件で生理学的データ (心拍数) が収集され,分析されました.
主要な成果:
- 平均心拍数は,休息 (42.5 ± 3.2 bpm),運動 (85 ± 10.4 bpm),および遊び場 (51 ± 7.2 bpm) の条件によって有意に異なった.
- 馬は,人間,その他の動物,または公園内の車両の存在に対するストレス反応を示さなかった.
- 遊び場でのイベントは,人間との密接な接触にもかかわらず,馬にとってストレスの多い状況ではないことがわかりました.
結論:
- 研究は,調査された人間の活動と存在がゴットランド・ラスの馬にストレス反応を引き起こさなかったと結論づけています.
- 調査結果は,公衆がアクセスできる都市公園の環境は,居住馬の良き動物福祉を確保するために管理できることを示しています.
- この知識は,人間の活動をホストする都市公園にとって価値があり,動物の福祉を支援するための管理決定を通知します.
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