积极和消极情绪传染对猪环境适应性的不同影响
Fang Sun1, Yaqian Zhang1, Yuhan Yao1
1College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China.
Journal of animal science
|February 7, 2026
概括
积极的情绪传染改善了猪的环境适应能力,而负面的传染并没有显著影响适应能力或疼痛敏感性. 这项研究提供了关于猪的动物福利和情绪反应的见解.
科学领域:
- 动物行为和动物福利
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 身体生理学 身体生理学
背景情况:
- 情绪传染,即情绪在个人之间传播的过程,是社会物种中公认的现象.
- 了解情绪状态如何影响动物对环境的反应,对于改善福利标准至关重要.
- 之前的研究已经在各种物种中探索了情绪传染,但它对猪适应能力和疼痛敏感性的特定影响需要进一步研究.
研究的目的:
- 研究正面和负面情绪传染对猪环境适应能力的影响.
- 评估情绪传染对猪疼痛敏感性的影响.
- 分析暴露于传染的猪中情绪兴奋的生理和行为指标.
主要方法:
- 54只猪被配对并分配到奖励,惩罚或控制组.
- 纯真猪 (NP) 被暴露在接受治疗的猪 (TP) 身上,这些猪可以得到奖励或惩罚 (电击).
- 唾液生理标志物,开放场测试和疼痛敏感性测试进行,以测量情绪和行为反应.
主要成果:
- 惩罚组中的NP表现出血清激素和氨酶的升高,表明负面的情绪兴奋.
- 奖励组的NP显示皮质醇和多巴胺增加,表明积极的情绪兴奋.
- 积极的情绪传染改善了猪的环境适应能力,而负面的传染并没有显著改变适应能力或疼痛敏感性.
结论:
- 积极的情绪传染增强了猪适应陌生的环境的能力.
- 无论是积极的还是消极的情绪感染都没有显著地影响猪的疼痛敏感性.
- 这些发现突出了积极的社会互动的潜力,以改善动物福利和减少猪的压力.
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