对常规肉的注意力偏差测试进行药理验证
Marconi Italo Lourenço da Silva1, Alexandra Ulans2, Leonie Jacobs2
1Department of Animal Production and Preventive Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, São Paulo State University, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
PloS one
|April 9, 2024
概括
这项研究验证了肉的注意力偏差测试 (ABT),使用β-卡博林-3-碳素酸-N-甲基胺 (FG 7142) 诱导焦虑. 该测试成功测量了的焦虑,显示了养和发声延迟的差异.
科学领域:
- 动物福利科学 动物福利科学
- 伦理学 伦理学 伦理学
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
背景情况:
- 恐惧和焦虑会对动物福利产生负面影响.
- 认知偏差测试,如注意力偏差测试 (ABT),是评估动物情绪状态的宝贵工具.
- 这些测试的药理验证对于可靠的牲畜焦虑测量至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在药理上验证注意力偏差测试 (ABT) 以评估肉 (Gallus gallus domesticus) 的焦虑.
- 为了确定食物,发声和步骤的延迟是否是肉焦虑的有效措施.
- 建立一种可靠的方法来评估快速生长的肉品种的焦虑.
主要方法:
- 使用了两百四只雄性Ross 708肉,分为焦虑症 (β-CCM,FG 7142) 或对照 (盐水) 治疗组.
- 注意偏差测试 (ABT) 涉及测试三组鸟类,使用食物和虫作为积极的刺激和警报作为负面的刺激.
- 测量包括开始食的延迟,第一次发声和第一步,并记录了警行为.
主要成果:
- 与对照鸟类相比,用β-CCM治疗的焦虑性鸟类显示出开始食的延迟时间明显更长.
- 对照鸟类的发声和步伐比焦虑性鸟类晚,表明对刺激的反应有所不同.
- 在焦虑原和对照组之间没有观察到警行为的显著差异.
结论:
- 注意偏差测试 (ABT) 在肉中成功通过药理验证.
- 开始食,发声和步骤的延迟是 brojler焦虑的有效量化措施.
- 这种经过验证的ABT提供了一个可靠的工具来评估焦虑,并为肉生产中的福利策略提供信息.
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