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Meriggi, A.; Dagradi, V.; Dondina, O.; Perversi, M.; Milanesi, P.; Lombardini, M.; Raviglione, S.; Repossi, A. |
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Short-term responses of wolf feeding habits to changes of wild and domestic ungulate abundance in Northern Italy |
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2014 |
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Ethology Ecology & Evolution |
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Ethology Ecology & Evolution |
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389-411 |
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Brinkmann, L.; Gerken, M.; Hambly, C.; Speakman, J.R.; Riek, A. |
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Saving energy during hard times: Energetic adaptations of Shetland pony mares |
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2014 |
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The Journal of Experimental Biology |
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J. Exp. Biol. |
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Recent results suggest that wild Northern herbivores reduce their metabolism during times of low ambient temperatures and food shortage in order to reduce their energetic needs. It is however not known if domesticated animals are also able to reduce their energy expenditure. We exposed ten Shetland pony mares to different environmental conditions (summer and winter) and to two food quantities (60 and 100% of maintenance energy requirement, respectively) during low winter temperatures to examine energetic and behavioural responses. In summer ponies showed a considerably higher field metabolic rate (FMR) (63.4±15.0 MJ d-1) compared to restrictively fed and control animals in winter (24.6±7.8 MJ d-1 and 15.0±1.1 MJ d-1, respectively). During summer conditions locomotor activity, resting heart rates and total water turnover were considerably elevated (P<0.001) compared to winter. Restrictively fed animals (N=5) compensated for the decreased energy supply by reducing their FMR by 26% compared to control animals (N=5). Furthermore, resting heart rate, body mass and body condition score were lower (29.2±2.7 beats min-1; 140±22 kg; 3.0±1.0 points) than in control animals (36.8±41 beats min-1; 165 ±31 kg; 4.4±0.7 points; P<0.05). While the observed behaviour did not change, nocturnal hypothermia was elevated. We conclude that ponies acclimatize to different climatic conditions by changing their metabolic rate, behaviour and some physiological parameters. When exposed to energy challenges, ponies, like wild herbivores, exhibited hypometabolism and nocturnal hypothermia. |
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Nuñez, C.M.V.; Adelman, J.S.; Smith, J.; Gesquiere, L.R.; Rubenstein, D.I. |
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Linking social environment and stress physiology in feral mares (Equus caballus): Group transfers elevate fecal cortisol levels |
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2014 |
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General and Comparative Endocrinology |
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Equus caballus; Fecal cortisol; Feral mare; Group transfer; Stress; Social instability |
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Abstract Feral horses (Equus caballus) have a complex social structure, the stability of which is important to their overall health. Behavioral and demographic research has shown that decreases in group (or band) stability reduce female fitness, but the potential effects on the physiological stress response have not been demonstrated. To fully understand how band stability affects group-member fitness, we need to understand not only behavioral and demographic, but also physiological consequences of decreases to that stability. We studied group changes in feral mares (an activity that induces instability, including both male and female aggression) on Shackleford Banks, NC. We found that mares in the midst of changing groups exhibit increased fecal cortisol levels. In addition, mares making more group transfers show higher levels of cortisol two weeks post-behavior. These results offer insights into how social instability is integrated into an animal’s physiological phenotype. In addition, our results have important implications for feral horse management. On Shackleford Banks, mares contracepted with porcine zona pellucida (PZP) make approximately 10 times as many group changes as do untreated mares. Such animals may therefore be at higher risk of chronic stress. These results support the growing consensus that links between behavior and physiological stress must be taken into account when managing for healthy, functional populations. |
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Krueger, K.; Koenig von Borstel, U. |
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Grundlagen der Sinneswahrnehmung von Pferden |
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2014 |
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Pferde verstehen – Umgang und Bodenarbeit |
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FN Verlag der deutschen Reiterlichen Vereinigung GmbH |
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Warendorf |
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Krueger, K.; Koenig von Borstel, U. |
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Wie Pferde lernen |
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Pferde verstehen – Umgang und Bodenarbeit |
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Krueger, K. |
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“Pferdehaltung und Ethologie der Pferde” im Bachelorstudiengang Pferdewirtschaft |
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Forschendes Lernen initiieren, umsetzen und reflektieren |
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Krueger, K. |
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Die Bedeutung der Schiefe, Händigkeit und sensorische Lateralität der Pferde |
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Pferdetage Baden-Württemberg 2014 |
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Wolter, R.; Pantel, N.; Möstl, E.; Küger, K. |
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Das Verhalten von Przewalski Pferden in Semi-Reservaten |
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Pferdetage Baden-Württemberg 2014 |
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Lerbs, S.; Raue, T.; Krüger, K. |
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Gibt es einen Zusammenhang zwischen natürlicher Schiefe und motorischer und sensorischer Einseitigkeit der Fohlen (Equus caballus)? |
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Pferdetage Baden-Württemberg 2014 |
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Wathan, J.; McComb, K. |
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The eyes and ears are visual indicators of attention in domestic horses |
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2014 |
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Current Biology |
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Summary Sensitivity to the attentional states of others has adaptive advantages [1], and in social animals, attending to others is important for predator detection, as well as a pre-requisite for normal social functioning and more complex socio-cognitive abilities [2]. Despite widespread interest in how social species perceive attention in others, studies of non-human animals have been inconclusive about the detailed cues involved [3]. Previous work has focused on head and eye direction, overlooking the fact that many mammals have obvious and mobile ears that could act as a visual cue to attention. Here we report that horses use the head orientation of a conspecific to locate food, but that this ability is disrupted when parts of the face (the eyes and ears) are covered up with naturalistic masks. The ability to correctly judge attention also interacted with the identity of the model horse, suggesting that individual differences in facial features may influence the salience of cues. Our results indicate that a combination of head orientation with facial expression, specifically involving both the eyes and ears, is necessary for communicating social attention. These findings emphasise that in order to understand how attention is communicated in non-human animals, it is essential to consider a broad range of cues. |
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