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Title: | Does a sheep's motivation to avoid hot conditions correspond to the physiological cost of remaining in those conditions? | Contributor(s): | Fisher, AD (author); Roberts, N (author); Matthews, LR (author); Hinch, Geoffrey (author) | Publication Date: | 2008 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/11319 | Abstract: | Two experiments investigated whether an animal's motivation to avoid hot conditions was aligned with its physiological response to the same conditions. In Experiment 1 (physiology), Merino ewes (n=12 per treatment) were assigned to 5 d of heat challenge: 20, 25, 30 or 35 °C with 70% humidity. In Experiment 2, 6 Merino ewes were trained to press a panel to open a door between the heat challenge pen and a cool pen at 20 °C. Each animal was exposed to the same temperatures as Experiment 1 and four fixed work ratios (1, 4,10 and 25 panel presses), with one temperature and fixed ratio per 9-h test session. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | ISAE 2008: 42nd Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology, Dublin, Ireland, 5th - 9th August, 2008 | Source of Publication: | Proceedings of the 42nd Congress of the ISAE: Applied ethology - Addressing future challenges in animal agriculture, p. 45-45 | Publisher: | Wageningen Academic Publishers | Place of Publication: | online | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 070299 Animal Production not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 839901 Animal Welfare | HERDC Category Description: | E3 Extract of Scholarly Conference Publication | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.applied-ethology.org/hres/2008%20dublin%20proceedings.pdf http://www.applied-ethology.org/isae_meetings.html |
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