Development and establishment of an individual aggressiveness test protocol in breeding does

The present work aims to define the optimal conditions to perform a resident-intruder test in individually housed breeding does as a measure of aggressiveness and describe the biological characteristics of aggressiveness in rabbit does: severity, frequency, duration and latency of aggressive events....

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Autores principales: Olivas, Irene, Simarro, Laura, Villagrá, Arantxa
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: World Rabbit Science Association 2020
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6740
https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/wrs/article/view/3978
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author Olivas, Irene
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description The present work aims to define the optimal conditions to perform a resident-intruder test in individually housed breeding does as a measure of aggressiveness and describe the biological characteristics of aggressiveness in rabbit does: severity, frequency, duration and latency of aggressive events. Sixty-four nulliparous does at 90 d of age were used for this experiment, half (32 does) as residents and the rest as intruders, testing them once a week for 14 wk. The time and duration of each aggressive behaviour was recorded and analysed to assess the aforementioned measures. According to the results, and regarding the studied effects, the origin of the animals caused no effect, whereas the level of aggressiveness seemed to be clearly increased in weeks 3-7 of the experiment, when animals were 110-140 d of age. In conclusion, a resident-intruder test lasting 1 min is enough to assess individual aggressiveness in adult breeding does, the response of which evolves with age and repetition.
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spelling ReDivia67402025-04-25T14:47:45Z Development and establishment of an individual aggressiveness test protocol in breeding does Olivas, Irene Simarro, Laura Villagrá, Arantxa Aggressiveness Resident-intruder L70 Veterinary science and hygiene L01 Animal husbandry Behaviour Rabbits The present work aims to define the optimal conditions to perform a resident-intruder test in individually housed breeding does as a measure of aggressiveness and describe the biological characteristics of aggressiveness in rabbit does: severity, frequency, duration and latency of aggressive events. Sixty-four nulliparous does at 90 d of age were used for this experiment, half (32 does) as residents and the rest as intruders, testing them once a week for 14 wk. The time and duration of each aggressive behaviour was recorded and analysed to assess the aforementioned measures. According to the results, and regarding the studied effects, the origin of the animals caused no effect, whereas the level of aggressiveness seemed to be clearly increased in weeks 3-7 of the experiment, when animals were 110-140 d of age. In conclusion, a resident-intruder test lasting 1 min is enough to assess individual aggressiveness in adult breeding does, the response of which evolves with age and repetition. 2020-11-11T08:56:52Z 2020-11-11T08:56:52Z 2016 article publishedVersion Olivas, I.; Simarro, L.; Villagrá, A. (2016). Development and establishment of a protocol of an individual aggressiveness test in breeding does. World Rabbit Science. 24(4):321-326. 1257-5011 1989-8886 (e-ISSN) http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6740 10.4995/wrs.2016.3978 https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/wrs/article/view/3978 en Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ openAccess World Rabbit Science Association electronico
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Behaviour
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Olivas, Irene
Simarro, Laura
Villagrá, Arantxa
Development and establishment of an individual aggressiveness test protocol in breeding does
title Development and establishment of an individual aggressiveness test protocol in breeding does
title_full Development and establishment of an individual aggressiveness test protocol in breeding does
title_fullStr Development and establishment of an individual aggressiveness test protocol in breeding does
title_full_unstemmed Development and establishment of an individual aggressiveness test protocol in breeding does
title_short Development and establishment of an individual aggressiveness test protocol in breeding does
title_sort development and establishment of an individual aggressiveness test protocol in breeding does
topic Aggressiveness
Resident-intruder
L70 Veterinary science and hygiene
L01 Animal husbandry
Behaviour
Rabbits
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6740
https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/wrs/article/view/3978
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