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Title: Animal Behaviour
Description: First-year Animal Science, Animals in the Environment, animal behaviour lecture notes.
Description: First-year Animal Science, Animals in the Environment, animal behaviour lecture notes.
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Animal Science: Animals in the Environment Lecture 1
Tianna Twyman
Animal Behaviour
Innate vs
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This is scientifically incorrect and should not be used
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These assessments help to stops or/and
prevent animals from suffering and to ensure that they are functioning well
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The owner is responsible for making sure the animal is taken to these health checks regular and to get veterinary
help when needed
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An assessor is someone who gives feedback on places such as veterinary practises and zoos
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Freedom from hunger and thirst- the animal should have access to water and a proper diet to maintain
health
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This includes the choice of putting the animal down if its in the best interest of the animal’s health
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The ability to express normal behaviour- adequate space, facilities and company of the animal’s own kind
should be provided
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Recording how long behaviours occurred for
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Ethograms
Are important to understand how animals behave and interact with their environment
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Is used to provide data for studies in ethology
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Can be used for one behaviour or many
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Focal animal sampling - All occurrences of specified actions for a particular duration
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Good for research planning
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▪ Can be difficult to keep track of everything
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▪ Problems with reliability and precision
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▪ Animal may be out of sight
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Can be good to determine rate of occurrence
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▪ Can be difficult to track everything
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Instantaneous/ scan sampling – Used for recording at specific, pre-selected moments
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o Can be used to collect a large amount of data
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▪ The observed behaviour needs to be obvious
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o Kinematic Diagram
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Flow of behaviour
Letters represent the behaviour
Sample size in brackets
Arrows show the direction of behaviour
Different colours for each behaviour
Title: Animal Behaviour
Description: First-year Animal Science, Animals in the Environment, animal behaviour lecture notes.
Description: First-year Animal Science, Animals in the Environment, animal behaviour lecture notes.