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1	Personality in piglets : Is there a difference in personality traits between pigs from different teat order positions? Sundman, Ann-Sofie January 2011 (has links) The objective of this study was to determine whether piglets from different positions in the teat order differ inpersonality. Teat order is established within the first days after birth and from that time, piglets basically suckle fromthe same teat pair until weaning. Three piglets from each of 21 litters (n = 63) were chosen for their place in teatorder; one from anterior teats (A), one from middle teats (B), and one from rear teats (C). The piglets were observedduring suckling, undisturbed behaviour, a novel object test and a straw test. A total of 13 behaviours were registered.A significant difference (P < 0.05) between A, B and C piglets was found in the frequency of disputes duringsuckling, where B piglets were most involved in disputes and C piglets least involved, and a tendency (P < 0.1) wasfound in frequency of undisturbed playing and exploration. A piglets played and explored most, and C piglets least.Four interesting components were found with principal component analysis, explaining 62.4 % of the total variation.These represent personality traits tentatively named exploration, playfulness, food interest and straw interest. Therewere no significant differences in personality type between A, B and C piglets although a tendency that A pigletswere most playful and C piglets were least playful was found. Hence, this study suggests that there might be acorrelation between teat order position and personality. Pig Personality Teat order Behavioural observations Novel object test Ethology and behavioural ecology Etologi och beteendeekologi
2	Beteendesyndrom hos blankål (Anguilla anguilla): aktivitet och respons på främmande objekt i en artificiell miljö / Behavioural syndromes in silver eel (Anguilla anguilla): activity and response to novel objects in an artificial environment Ingelman Åslund, Trollet January 2020 (has links) Ökad kunskap om djurs beteendesyndrom kan möjliggöra förbättrade bevarandeåtgärder för hotade arter. I den här studien genomgick 108 blankålar (Anguilla anguilla) två beteendetester; “open-field test” och “novel-object test”. Ålars morfologi och val av föda, habitat och dygnsaktivitet har i tidigare studier visats hänga ihop. I den här studien undersökte jag om det fanns något samband mellan ålarnas morfologi, aktivitet samt respons på främmande föremål. De ålar som var mest aktiva under open-field-testet var också de ålar som visade störst intresse för det främmande föremålet i novel-object-testet. Det fanns dock inte något samband mellan morfologi och aktivitet eller mellan morfologi och respons på främmande föremål. Detta innebär att ett utforskande och djärvt beteendesyndrom har upptäckts hos vissa av ålarna, medan den bakomliggande faktorn fortsätter vara okänd. / Increased knowledge of behavioural syndromes may contribute to enhancing our conservation methods for endangered species. In this study, the behavior of 108 silver eels (Anguilla anguilla) was assessed in two assays: an open-field test and a novel-object test. Eel morphology and diel activity as well as diet and habitat use have previously been shown to correlate with each other. In this study, I investigated the potential relationship between the morphology, activity and response to a novel object. The most active eels during the open-field test were also the ones that expressed the most interest for the novel object. There was, however, no correlation between morphology and activity or morphology and response to the novel object. This means an exploring and bold behaviour syndrome was discovered amongst some of the eels, whilst the underlying cause remains unknown. behavioural studies behavioural ecology behavioural test behavioural syndrome novel object test open field test red list beteendestudier beteendeekologi beteendetest beteendesyndrom novel object test open field test rödlistad Behavioral Sciences Biology Etologi Zoology Zoologi
3	Use of Hair Cortisol Analysis to Evaluate the Influence of Housing Systems on Long-Term Stress in Horses Werner, Jade Elizabeth January 2020 (has links) No description available. Animal Sciences Animals Agriculture Endocrinology Welfare Horses Cortisol Hair Cortisol Stress Horse Management Systems Novel Object Test
4	Boldness Behavior and Chronic Stress in Free-Ranging, Urban Coyotes (<i>Canis latrans</i>) Robertson, Katie E. January 2018 (has links) No description available. Wildlife Management Animals Ecology coyote urbanization boldness stress behavior flight initiation distance novel object test hair cortisol Chicago urban wildlife bold-shy neophobia neophilia health sarcoptic mange roads social status age suburban Illinois

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