Gently handled foals generalize responses to humans
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Resumo: | Equines perform tasks along humans, and there are evidences and controversies that they are able to discriminate between familiar and unfamiliar humans. This study assessed whether foals can discriminate between humans in terms of familiarity and human experience in equine handling. Daily, in the first two weeks of life, 30 foals went through a short section of gentle handling. After about four months, a human forced approach test was carried out by 4 evaluators varying in the familiarity aspect and experience with equine handling. Data was submitted to the McNemar test (P<0.05). In 66.7% of the assessments, the foals accepted the human approach, and among the positive cases, 60.0% were characterized by seeking contact with the evaluators. Among the foals that accepted the human approach, 97.5% also accepted tactile stimulation. No differences were found regarding the familiarity of the evaluators (P>0.05) or their experience in equine handling (P>0.05). The individual variation was evident, which indicates that we must work with personalized training techniques, in which the behavior of each individual is the main factor to be considered. Our results show that the adoption of good handling practices with foals favored their relationship with humans, and it is possible to assume that such practices can improve animal welfare, as well as the safety of the humans that will have contact with them in the future. |
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Gently handled foals generalize responses to humansAnimal welfareEquinesTraining IntroductionEquines perform tasks along humans, and there are evidences and controversies that they are able to discriminate between familiar and unfamiliar humans. This study assessed whether foals can discriminate between humans in terms of familiarity and human experience in equine handling. Daily, in the first two weeks of life, 30 foals went through a short section of gentle handling. After about four months, a human forced approach test was carried out by 4 evaluators varying in the familiarity aspect and experience with equine handling. Data was submitted to the McNemar test (P<0.05). In 66.7% of the assessments, the foals accepted the human approach, and among the positive cases, 60.0% were characterized by seeking contact with the evaluators. Among the foals that accepted the human approach, 97.5% also accepted tactile stimulation. No differences were found regarding the familiarity of the evaluators (P>0.05) or their experience in equine handling (P>0.05). The individual variation was evident, which indicates that we must work with personalized training techniques, in which the behavior of each individual is the main factor to be considered. Our results show that the adoption of good handling practices with foals favored their relationship with humans, and it is possible to assume that such practices can improve animal welfare, as well as the safety of the humans that will have contact with them in the future.Polo Regional de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico dos Agronegócios da Alta MogianaGrupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Etologia e Ecologia Animal (ETCO) Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias da UnespGrupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Etologia e Ecologia Animal (ETCO) Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias da UnespPolo Regional de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico dos Agronegócios da Alta MogianaUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Schmidek, Anitade Oliveira, Bruno Nogueira [UNESP]Trindade, Pedro [UNESP]Paranhos da Costa, Mateus José Rodrigues [UNESP]2021-06-25T10:18:39Z2021-06-25T10:18:39Z2018-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.31893/2318-1265JABB.V6N1P1-5Journal of Animal Behaviour and Biometeorology, v. 6, n. 1, 2018.2318-1265http://hdl.handle.net/11449/20563010.31893/2318-1265JABB.V6N1P1-52-s2.0-85098094154Scopusreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengJournal of Animal Behaviour and Biometeorologyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2021-10-22T12:25:07Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/205630Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462024-08-05T19:08:36.766948Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false |
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Gently handled foals generalize responses to humans |
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Gently handled foals generalize responses to humans |
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Gently handled foals generalize responses to humans Schmidek, Anita Animal welfare Equines Training Introduction |
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Gently handled foals generalize responses to humans |
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Gently handled foals generalize responses to humans |
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Gently handled foals generalize responses to humans |
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Gently handled foals generalize responses to humans |
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Gently handled foals generalize responses to humans |
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Schmidek, Anita |
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Schmidek, Anita de Oliveira, Bruno Nogueira [UNESP] Trindade, Pedro [UNESP] Paranhos da Costa, Mateus José Rodrigues [UNESP] |
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de Oliveira, Bruno Nogueira [UNESP] Trindade, Pedro [UNESP] Paranhos da Costa, Mateus José Rodrigues [UNESP] |
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Polo Regional de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico dos Agronegócios da Alta Mogiana Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) |
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Schmidek, Anita de Oliveira, Bruno Nogueira [UNESP] Trindade, Pedro [UNESP] Paranhos da Costa, Mateus José Rodrigues [UNESP] |
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Animal welfare Equines Training Introduction |
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Animal welfare Equines Training Introduction |
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Equines perform tasks along humans, and there are evidences and controversies that they are able to discriminate between familiar and unfamiliar humans. This study assessed whether foals can discriminate between humans in terms of familiarity and human experience in equine handling. Daily, in the first two weeks of life, 30 foals went through a short section of gentle handling. After about four months, a human forced approach test was carried out by 4 evaluators varying in the familiarity aspect and experience with equine handling. Data was submitted to the McNemar test (P<0.05). In 66.7% of the assessments, the foals accepted the human approach, and among the positive cases, 60.0% were characterized by seeking contact with the evaluators. Among the foals that accepted the human approach, 97.5% also accepted tactile stimulation. No differences were found regarding the familiarity of the evaluators (P>0.05) or their experience in equine handling (P>0.05). The individual variation was evident, which indicates that we must work with personalized training techniques, in which the behavior of each individual is the main factor to be considered. Our results show that the adoption of good handling practices with foals favored their relationship with humans, and it is possible to assume that such practices can improve animal welfare, as well as the safety of the humans that will have contact with them in the future. |
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Journal of Animal Behaviour and Biometeorology, v. 6, n. 1, 2018. 2318-1265 10.31893/2318-1265JABB.V6N1P1-5 2-s2.0-85098094154 |
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