猪的社会支持是通过社会关系的强度来实现的吗?
S Khatiwada1, P Seddaiu1, A Jaszczyk1
1Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Postępu 36A, 05-552 Jastrzębiec, Poland.
Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience
|November 11, 2025
概括
在猪中,强大的社会纽带可以缓冲压力,减少面对挑战时与压力相关的行为. 陪伴是猪有效管理压力事件的关键.
科学领域:
- 动物行为 动物行为
- 伦理学 伦理学 伦理学
- 动物福利科学 动物福利科学
背景情况:
- 社会支持或社会缓冲可以减轻许多物种的压力,包括农场动物.
- 社会关系强度对社会缓冲的影响仍然不太了解.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定社会关系的强度是否影响猪的行为和生理应激反应.
- 为了测试假设,具有强大的社会纽带的猪表现出减少的应激反应.
主要方法:
- 34只4个月大的猪被暴露在轻微的压力因素中 (单独在体重箱中).
- 然后,猪会加入一个具有强烈或弱弱先前社会联系的兄弟姐妹.
- 测量了行为压力和社会指标,以及唾液皮质醇.
主要成果:
- 具有强大的社会关系的猪表现出更少的接近寻求行为和更低调的发音.
- 压力后皮质醇水平上升,但两组之间没有发现显著差异.
- 朋友猪保持冷静,在寻找接触方面存在差异;雌性与雄性在提供社会支持方面有所不同.
结论:
- 关系的强度会影响猪的与压力相关的行为,但可能不会改变荷尔蒙压力标志物.
- 亲密的伙伴关系对于猪应对压力状况的能力至关重要.
- 猪的社会关系是复杂的,这凸显了社会纽带对压力管理的重要性.
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