2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Shortening social confusion after introduction a newly cattle into a stable herd

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19780199
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Zootechnical science/Grassland science
Research Institution	Shinshu University
Principal Investigator	TAKEDA Kenichi Shinshu University, 農学部, 准教授 (90324235)
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2009
Keywords	家畜管理 / 家畜福祉 / 家畜行動
Research Abstract	This study aimed forming the affiliative relationship between an existing herd and a newly heifer at the early stage, and shortening the social confusion period after a newly heifer had been introduced. As a result, the simply stimuli of visual and olfactory cue did not affect encourage affiliative behaviour among cattle, but it was suggested that olfactory cue decreased agonistic behaviour among cattle after a newly heifer introduced. Moreover, the it found that the affiliative relationships was encourage between a newly heifer and a specific cow when a newly heifer was presented the existing herd though the hedge for a week, it was suggested social confusion during mixing the hard was decreased using this method.