Graduate Student Literature Review: Sociability, fearfulness, and coping style—Impacts on individual variation in the social behavior of dairy cattle
ABSTRACT: Dairy cattle typically live in groups, but individuals within these groups vary in their social behavior. An improved understanding of factors affecting the expression of social behavior may help refine management practices on farms to better accommodate the needs of all individuals within...
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| description | ABSTRACT: Dairy cattle typically live in groups, but individuals within these groups vary in their social behavior. An improved understanding of factors affecting the expression of social behavior may help refine management practices on farms to better accommodate the needs of all individuals within the herd. In this paper, we review (1) some examples of how social behavior is expressed in cattle, (2) commonly assessed personality traits in this species (i.e., sociability and fearfulness) as well as coping style, and (3) how these can affect the expression of social behavior of dairy cattle and in turn their welfare. We also identify understudied social behaviors that personality might influence (social learning, social stress, and social buffering of negative emotions), and that could inform how to improve the welfare of intensively housed dairy cattle. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c09997d3b9ec4a7991ecf2b5501611672023-12-15T07:22:10ZengElsevierJournal of Dairy Science0022-03022023-12-011061295689575Graduate Student Literature Review: Sociability, fearfulness, and coping style—Impacts on individual variation in the social behavior of dairy cattleEmeline Nogues0Daniel M. Weary1Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk2Corresponding author; Animal Welfare Program, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4Animal Welfare Program, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4Animal Welfare Program, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4ABSTRACT: Dairy cattle typically live in groups, but individuals within these groups vary in their social behavior. An improved understanding of factors affecting the expression of social behavior may help refine management practices on farms to better accommodate the needs of all individuals within the herd. In this paper, we review (1) some examples of how social behavior is expressed in cattle, (2) commonly assessed personality traits in this species (i.e., sociability and fearfulness) as well as coping style, and (3) how these can affect the expression of social behavior of dairy cattle and in turn their welfare. We also identify understudied social behaviors that personality might influence (social learning, social stress, and social buffering of negative emotions), and that could inform how to improve the welfare of intensively housed dairy cattle.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030223006057animal welfareindividual variabilitypersonalitytemperament |
| spellingShingle | Emeline Nogues Daniel M. Weary Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk Graduate Student Literature Review: Sociability, fearfulness, and coping style—Impacts on individual variation in the social behavior of dairy cattle Journal of Dairy Science animal welfare individual variability personality temperament |
| title | Graduate Student Literature Review: Sociability, fearfulness, and coping style—Impacts on individual variation in the social behavior of dairy cattle |
| title_full | Graduate Student Literature Review: Sociability, fearfulness, and coping style—Impacts on individual variation in the social behavior of dairy cattle |
| title_fullStr | Graduate Student Literature Review: Sociability, fearfulness, and coping style—Impacts on individual variation in the social behavior of dairy cattle |
| title_full_unstemmed | Graduate Student Literature Review: Sociability, fearfulness, and coping style—Impacts on individual variation in the social behavior of dairy cattle |
| title_short | Graduate Student Literature Review: Sociability, fearfulness, and coping style—Impacts on individual variation in the social behavior of dairy cattle |
| title_sort | graduate student literature review sociability fearfulness and coping style impacts on individual variation in the social behavior of dairy cattle |
| topic | animal welfare individual variability personality temperament |
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