奶牛个性:在熟悉的测试环境中保持一致性
P Hasenpusch1, T Wilder1, A Seidel1
1Institute for Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, 24098 Kiel, Germany.
JDS communications
|September 23, 2024
概括
像探索性,大胆性,社交性和信任性这样的乳牛人格特质可以在熟悉的环境中识别出来. 这些特征在群体层面上表现出一致性,但在压力较大的情况下会有个体差异.
科学领域:
- 动物行为 动物行为
- 乳牛科学 乳牛科学
- 动物福利 动物福利
背景情况:
- 奶牛的个性影响了对农场挑战的反应,影响了福利.
- 在不熟悉的环境中进行传统的人格评估是耗时的.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定乳牛的个性特征是否可以在熟悉的农场环境中识别出来.
- 评估已识别的个性特征在时间上的一致性.
主要方法:
- 在222只奶牛身上使用了新型对象测试 (NOT) 和强制人体接近测试 (FHAT).
- 在8个月后重新测试了一个子集 (n=78),以评估特征的一致性.
- 采用主要组件分析来识别和命名人格特征.
主要成果:
- 从NOT中确定了三个人格特征:探索性,大胆性和社交性 (解释了85%的差异).
- 从FHAT中确定了一个特征:信任 (解释了74%的变异).
- 计算出0.6的平均类内相关性 (ICC),表明群体水平与个体变化一致.
结论:
- 乳牛的个性特征可以在熟悉的环境中可靠地评估,减少评估时间.
- 在熟悉的环境中进行的测试结果与在不熟悉的环境中进行的测试结果相似.
- 虽然人格特征在群体层面上是一致的,但个体牛表现出独特的应激反应.
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