羊和狗中的人类社会缓冲器
Anna Scandurra1, Biagio D'Aniello2, Maria Elena Pero3,4
1Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia, 80126, Naples, Italy.
Animal cognition
|February 14, 2024
概括
人类社交活动有限的狗和山羊可以从社交缓冲中受益. 虽然狗没有显著的皮质醇变化,但在与人互动后,社交山羊的皮质醇水平较低.
科学领域:
- 动物行为和动物福利.
- 比較心理學 比較心理學
- 压力生理学 压力生理学
背景情况:
- 限定的人类社会化对家禽有影响,可能会影响它们的应激反应.
- 社交缓冲,通过社交互动来减轻压力,在狗身上得到了很好的记录,但在其他物种 (如山羊) 中不太了解.
- 研究跨物种的社会缓冲对于理解人类与动物互动中的动物福利至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 探索人类存在对人类社会化有限的山羊和狗的社会缓冲效应.
- 为了比较与与陌生人互动的狗和山羊的生理应激反应 (皮质醇水平).
- 确定接受人类互动是否会影响这些物种的社会缓冲效应.
主要方法:
- 13只狗和14只山羊在之前对人类的社交活动有限,他们与陌生人接触了15分钟.
- 动物的社会互动意愿 (接受食物,允许抚摸) 被评估.
- 皮质醇水平通过相互作用前和后的血液样本进行测量;统计分析包括GzLM.
主要成果:
- 与狗不同的是,山羊在相互作用后表现出显著更高的皮质醇水平.
- "社交"山羊 (那些接受互动的人) 与"社交"狗相比,显著皮质醇变化的可能性较低.
- 两种物种都表明,一旦人类互动被接受,社会缓冲会带来潜在的好处.
结论:
- 人类的社会缓冲效应在狗和山羊之间有所不同,特别是在生理应激反应方面.
- 对人类互动的接受是两种物种从社会缓冲中受益的关键.
- 这项研究提供了关于压力调节的物种间差异的见解,以及人类相互作用在减轻社会化程度较低的动物压力的作用.
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