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| Author | Stober, M.; Geiger, J.F. | ||||
| Title | [Lamenting “moaning” in domestic cattle] | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 1975 | Publication | DTW. Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift | Abbreviated Journal | Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr |
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82 | Issue | 1 | Pages | 10-13 |
| Keywords | Animals; Behavior, Animal; *Cattle; Female; Personality; *Vocalization, Animal | ||||
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| Language | German | Summary Language | Original Title | Untersuchungen uber das klagende “Anken” beim Hausrind | |
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| ISSN | 0341-6593 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | PMID:1089525 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Equine Behaviour @ team @ | Serial | 4173 | ||
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| Author | Rybarczyk, P.; Rushen, J.; de Passille, A.M. | ||||
| Title | Recognition of people by dairy calves using colour of clothing | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2003 | Publication | Applied Animal Behaviour Science | Abbreviated Journal | Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. |
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81 | Issue | 4 | Pages | 307-319 |
| Keywords | Cattle handling; Discrimination; Human-animal relationships; Colour cues; Y-maze | ||||
| Abstract | We examined whether very young dairy calves are able to discriminate between two people, and whether they use the colour of clothing or other indices to do so. During the familiarisation phase, one person (the familiar rewarder), who always wore the same colour clothes, gave milk, spoke gently and patted the calves in their individual pen for 6 days each week. During the test phase, the calf had to make a choice in an Y-maze placed in front of the gate of its stall. When the calves chose the familiar rewarder, they received 200 ml of milk as reinforcement. When they made the incorrect choice, they received nothing and were returned to their stall. On each test day, the calves made eight choices. The criterion of success was that the calf made at least six correct choices in eight trials on each of two consecutive test days (P<0.021 by the binomial law). The first experiment was carried out with fourteen 1-week-old male and female Holstein calves to see if calves could approach a person, who changed position in the maze, in order to obtain a feed reward. The familiar rewarder wore the same clothes as during the period of familiarisation and was in one arm of the Y-maze. The other arm was empty and the position of the familiar rewarder in the maze was randomised. Eleven of the 14 calves reached the criterion for success, after only three tests. The second experiment, carried out with five 2-week-old calves, examined whether the calves can differentiate the familiar rewarder (wearing the same clothing as during the period of familiarisation) from another person (the non-rewarder) wearing clothes of a different colour. The criterion of success was reached by all five calves. The third experiment was carried out with seven 2-week-old calves. It examined whether the calves can differentiate the familiar rewarder and the non-rewarder, when the two people are wearing clothes of the same colour (i.e. the same colour worn by the familiar rewarder during the phase of familiarisation). None of the calves were able to reach the criterion of success within a limited number of four test days. Often, calves would always choose the same arm of the maze. The fourth experiment was carried out on six 1-month-old calves. It was similar to experiment 3 with the difference that the familiar rewarder and the non-rewarder both wore the same colour clothes, but which were not the same colour as worn during the phase of familiarisation. Only one calf achieved the criterion of success within two test days. Results demonstrated that colour cues help very young calves to discriminate between two people, when these people wear different colour clothing. Some calves may be able to use other indicators than the colour of clothing. The Y-maze method is an promising way of examining calves' abilities to recognise people. | ||||
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| Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 848 | ||
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| Author | Buttiker, W. | ||||
| Title | [Preliminary report on eye-frequenting butterflies in the Ivory Coast] | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 1973 | Publication | Revue Suisse de Zoologie; Annales de la Societe Zoologique Suisse et du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Geneve | Abbreviated Journal | Rev Suisse Zool |
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80 | Issue | 1 | Pages | 1-43 |
| Keywords | Animals; Behavior, Animal; Cattle; Cote d'Ivoire; Ecology; Ectoparasitic Infestations/*veterinary; *Eye; Horses; *Insects; *Parasites; Sheep | ||||
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| Language | German | Summary Language | Original Title | Vorlaufige Beobachtungen an augenbesuchenden Schmetterlingen in der Elfenbeinkuste | |
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| ISSN | 0035-418X | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | PMID:4354354 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Equine Behaviour @ team @ | Serial | 2716 | ||
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| Author | Sárová, R.; Spinka, M.; Panamá, J.L.A.; Simecek, P. | ||||
| Title | Graded leadership by dominant animals in a herd of female beef cattle on pasture | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2010 | Publication | Animal Behaviour. | Abbreviated Journal | Anim. Behav. |
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79 | Issue | 5 | Pages | 1037-1045 |
| Keywords | Bos taurus; cattle; dominance; foraging; Gps; group movement; leadership | ||||
| Abstract | The role of dominant individuals in leading groups of animals is not yet well understood. We investigated whether dominant beef cows, Bos taurus, have more influence on herd movement on pasture than more subordinate cows. A herd of 15 Gasconne cows was observed for a 3-week period between dawn and dusk. The positions of all adult cows were recorded with GPS collars at 1 min intervals and the behaviour of each cow was recorded in 5 min scans. The dominance hierarchy was recorded by ad libitum sampling. Through cluster analysis of the recorded data, we distinguished three herd behaviour patterns: resting, foraging and travelling. Dominant cows were closer to the front of the herd during both travelling and foraging. During travelling, more dominant cows also had more direct trajectories and were more aligned both with their nearest neighbours and with the whole herd. During foraging, the trajectories of dominant cows were shorter than those of subordinate cows. The results indicate that foraging and short-distance travelling movements by female beef cattle are not led by any particular individual but rather are influenced by a graded type of leadership; that is, the more dominant a cow is, the stronger the influence it may have on the movements of the herd. | ||||
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| Call Number | Equine Behaviour @ team @ | Serial | 5271 | ||
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| Author | Begall, S.; Malkemper, E.P.; Cervený, J.; Nemec, P.; Burda, H. | ||||
| Title | Magnetic alignment in mammals and other animals | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2013 | Publication | Mammalian Biology – Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde | Abbreviated Journal | Mamm. Biol. |
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78 | Issue | 1 | Pages | 10-20 |
| Keywords | Cattle; Deer; Fox; Horse; Magnetoreception | ||||
| Abstract | Magnetic alignment (MA) constitutes the simplest directional response to the geomagnetic field. In contrast to magnetic compass orientation, MA is not goal directed and represents a spontaneous, fixed directional response. Because animals tend to align their bodies along or perpendicular to the magnetic field lines, MA typically leads to bimodal or quadrimodal orientation, although there is also growing evidence for a fixed unimodal orientation not necessarily coinciding with the magnetic cardinal directions. MA has been demonstrated in diverse animals including insects, amphibians, fish, and mammals. Alignment can be expressed by animals during resting as well as on the move (e.g. while grazing, hunting, feeding, etc.). Here, we briefly survey characteristic features and classical examples of MA and review the current knowledge about the occurrence of MA in mammals. In addition, we summarize what is known about mechanisms underlying MA and discuss its prospective biological functions. Finally, we highlight some physiological effects of alignment along the magnetic field axes reported in humans. We argue that the phenomenon of MA adds a new paradigm that can be exploited for investigation of magnetoreception in mammals. | ||||
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| ISSN | 1616-5047 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Call Number | Equine Behaviour @ team @ | Serial | 5678 | ||
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| Author | Beaver, B.V. | ||||
| Title | Problems & values associated with dominance | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 1981 | Publication | Veterinary medicine, small animal clinician : VM, SAC | Abbreviated Journal | Vet Med Small Anim Clin |
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76 | Issue | 8 | Pages | 1129-1131 |
| Keywords | Animals; *Animals, Domestic; *Behavior, Animal; Cats; Cattle; Dogs; Horses; *Social Dominance; Swine | ||||
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| ISSN | 0042-4889 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | PMID:6914851 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | refbase @ user @ | Serial | 678 | ||
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| Author | Swanson, J.C. | ||||
| Title | Farm animal well-being and intensive production systems | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 1995 | Publication | Journal of Animal Science | Abbreviated Journal | J. Anim Sci. |
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73 | Issue | 9 | Pages | 2744-2751 |
| Keywords | Animal Husbandry/legislation & jurisprudence/*standards; Animal Rights/legislation & jurisprudence/standards; Animal Welfare/legislation & jurisprudence/*standards; Animals; Animals, Domestic/*growth & development/*physiology; Breeding/legislation & jurisprudence/*standards; Cattle; Chickens; Environment; Reproduction/physiology; Sheep; Swine | ||||
| Abstract | Animal welfare, or well-being, is a social issue with ethical, scientific, political, and aesthetic properties. Answering questions about the welfare of animals requires scientific definition, assessment, solutions, and public acceptance. With respect to the actual well-being of the animal, most issues are centered on how the animal “feels” when managed within a specific level of confinement, during special agricultural practices (e.g., tail docking, beak trimming, etc.) and handling. Questions of this nature may require exploration of animal cognition, motivation, perception, and emotional states in addition to more commonly recognized indicators of well-being. Several general approaches have emerged for solving problems concerning animal well-being in intensive production systems: environmental, genetic, and therapeutic. Environmental approaches involve modifying existing systems to accommodate specific welfare concerns or development of alternative systems. Genetic approaches involve changing the behavioral and (or) physiological nature of the animal to reduce or eliminate behaviors that are undesirable within intensive system. Therapeutic approaches of a physical (tail docking, beak trimming) and physiological (drug and nutritional therapy) nature bring both concern and promise with regard to the reduction of confinement stress. Finally, the recent focus on commodity quality assurance programs may indirectly provide benefits for animal well-being. Although research in the area of animal well-being will provide important information for better animal management, handling, care, and the physical design of intensive production systems there is still some uncertainty regarding public acceptance. The aesthetics of modern intensive production systems may have as much to do with public acceptance as with science. | ||||
| Address | Department of Animal Sciences and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506, USA | ||||
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| ISSN | 0021-8812 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | PMID:8582867 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Equine Behaviour @ team @ | Serial | 2752 | ||
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| Author | Broucek, J., Uhrincat, M., Kišac, P., Hanus, A.. | ||||
| Title | Hair Whorl Position as a Predictor of Learning Ability and Locomotor Behavior in Cattle? | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2004 | Publication | ACTA VETERINARIA BRUNENSIS | Abbreviated Journal | ACTA VET. BRNO |
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73 | Issue | 4 | Pages | 455-459 |
| Keywords | Cattle, hair whorl, reversal learning, open-field | ||||
| Abstract | The aim of our work was to investigate the hypothesis that the speed of solving the maze tests and locomotor behavior of heifers in open-field tests are affected by the height location of facial whorl. Fifty-eight Holstein heifers were used. Maze learning was observed at the age of 15 weeks, and an open-field test was applied at two ages, 16 weeks and 18 months. Whorl placement was recorded by one person as each heifer entered the scale. The hair whorl position was determined on the basis of two patterns: A) hair whorl high, middle and low and B) hair whorl high and low. Heifers with a high hair whorl were the fastest (77.8 ± 84.3 s) and heifers with a middle hair whorl the slowest (87.3 ± 100.3 s) in the A pattern during the maze tests. In the B whorl pattern, heifers with a high hair whorl ran across the maze in 84.5 ± 95.2 s and heifers with a low hair whorl in 84.1 ± 97.9 s. The number of crossed squares in a 5-minute open-field test in the A pattern was the non-significantly highest in heifers with a high hair whorl (43.4) at the age of 16 weeks. In the B whorl pattern, heifers with a high hair whorl were also more mobile, but neither differences in individual minutes nor in the whole 5 minutes were significant. Heifers with a high hair whorl displayed the strongest locomotory behavior (37.6 squares) and heifers with a low hair whorl (30.8) were the slowest in the A pattern at the age of 18 months. The differences were not significant. In the B whorl pattern, heifers with a high hair whorl crossed more squares, but the difference was not significant in comparison with heifers with a low hair whorl. We found that the time of traversing the maze and the locomotor activity in open-field test may not be influenced in the dairy cattle by the height facial whorl position |
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| Call Number | Equine Behaviour @ team @ | Serial | 4321 | ||
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| Author | Jallon, J.M.; Risler, Y.; Iwatsubo, M. | ||||
| Title | Beef liver L-Glutamate dehydrogenase mechanism: presteady state study of the catalytic reduction of 2.oxoglutarate by NADPH | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 1975 | Publication | Biochemical and biophysical research communications | Abbreviated Journal | Biochem Biophys Res Commun |
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67 | Issue | 4 | Pages | 1527-1536 |
| Keywords | Animals; Cattle; Glutamate Dehydrogenase/*metabolism; Ketoglutaric Acids; Kinetics; Liver/*enzymology; Nadp; Oxidation-Reduction; Spectrometry, Fluorescence; Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet | ||||
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| Notes | PMID:1038 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Admin @ knut @ | Serial | 21 | ||
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| Author | Permyakov, S.E.; Khokhlova, T.I.; Nazipova, A.A.; Zhadan, A.P.; Morozova-Roche, L.A.; Permyakov, E.A. | ||||
| Title | Calcium-binding and temperature induced transitions in equine lysozyme: new insights from the pCa-temperature “phase diagrams” | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2006 | Publication | Proteins | Abbreviated Journal | Proteins |
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65 | Issue | 4 | Pages | 984-998 |
| Keywords | Animals; Apoproteins/chemistry/metabolism; Binding Sites; Calcium/chemistry/*metabolism; Cattle; Edetic Acid/metabolism; Horses/metabolism; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Lactalbumin/chemistry/metabolism; Muramidase/*chemistry/*metabolism; Protein Denaturation; Spectrometry, Fluorescence; *Temperature; Thermodynamics; Tryptophan/chemistry/metabolism | ||||
| Abstract | The most universal approach to the studies of metal binding properties of single-site metal binding proteins, i.e., construction of a “phase diagram” in coordinates of free metal ion concentration-temperature, has been applied to equine lysozyme (EQL). EQL has one relatively strong calcium binding site and shows two thermal transitions, but only one of them is Ca(2+)-dependent. It has been found that the Ca(2+)-dependent behavior of the low temperature thermal transition (I) of EQL can be adequately described based upon the simplest four-states scheme of metal- and temperature-induced structural changes in a protein. All thermodynamic parameters of this scheme were determined experimentally and used for construction of the EQL phase diagram in the pCa-temperature space. Comparison of the phase diagram with that for alpha-lactalbumin (alpha-LA), a close homologue of lysozyme, allows visualization of the differences in thermodynamic behavior of the two proteins. The thermal stability of apo-EQL (transition I) closely resembles that for apo-alpha-LA (mid-temperature 25 degrees C), while the thermal stabilities of their Ca(2+)-bound forms are almost indistinguishable. The native state of EQL has three orders of magnitude lower affinity for Ca(2+) in comparison with alpha-LA while its thermally unfolded state (after the I transition) has about one order lower (K = 15M(-1)) affinity for calcium. Circular dichroism studies of the apo-lysozyme state after the first thermal transition show that it shares common features with the molten globule state of alpha-LA. | ||||
| Address | Institute for Biological Instrumentation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow region 142290, Russia | ||||
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| ISSN | 1097-0134 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | PMID:17022083 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Serial | 1858 | |||
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