Butting by calves, Bos taurus, and rate of milk flow
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A study was conducted to examine the butting behavior of domestic calves, Bos taurus, in relation to the milk flow rate. Results revealed that calves butted more during nutritive sucking when the flow rate is low, but declined as the flow rate increased. Calves were also found to butt more irregardless of flow rate during the start of their meal as compared during the middle and end of the meal. These findings suggest that calves are sensitive to changes in milk rate flow and that these changes influence the butting behavior accordingly.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1998
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The 'coping' hypothesis of stereotypic behavior: a reply to Rushen
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A reply to a comment on the questionability of the coping hypothesis posed for stereotypic behavior is presented. Evidence from environmentally induced stereotypes exhibit less stress related symptoms. Also, the use of the measures in the original experiment were to observe the relative aversion and not absolute aversion. Awareness of the limitation of correlational analysis on causal relationships is acknowledged.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1993
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The 'coping' hypothesis of stereotypic behavior
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A comment on the coping hypothesis proposed for stereotypic behavior is presented. The coping hypothesis is supported by the lower amounts of stress-related symptoms in animals. However, there are questionable attributes to the hypothesis. Physiological data does not support the hypothesis and no measures were taken for extraneous variable in the experiment that proposed thehypothesis.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1993
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