Assessment of individual- and group-level behavioral variation in dairy cattle : from personality to social networks

Borbala Foris

doi:10.18453/rosdok_id00002574

Borbala Foris

Assessment of individual- and group-level behavioral variation in dairy cattle : from personality to social networks

Universität Rostock, 2019

https://doi.org/10.18453/rosdok_id00002574

Abstract: Currently little consideration is given to individuality and social behavior when managing dairy cow groups. This thesis assessed three objectives: 1) Investigating personality in adult lactating cows, 2) comprehensive analysis of social networks in a free-stall barn, 3) facilitating the automated assessment of agonistic behavior. Findings suggest that the level of individuals and the level of social groups should also be taken into account when assessing dairy cattle welfare. The presented automatic method for detecting agonistic behavior and dominance is one important step in this direction.

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Titel:

Assessment of individual- and group-level behavioral variation in dairy cattle: from personality to social networks

Beteiligte Personen:

Borbala Foris[VerfasserIn]
	0000-0002-0901-3057
	1201596645
Birger Puppe[AkademischeR BetreuerIn]
	0000-0002-5513-7907
	113580312
Joachim Krieter[AkademischeR BetreuerIn]
	141222697
Viktor Jurkovich[AkademischeR BetreuerIn]

Beteiligte Körperschaften:

Universität Rostock[Grad-verleihende Institution]
	38329-6
Universität Rostock, Agrar- und Umweltwissenschaftliche Fakultät[Grad-verleihende Institution]
	10025954-6

Zusammenfassung:

Currently little consideration is given to individuality and social behavior when managing dairy cow groups. This thesis assessed three objectives: 1) Investigating personality in adult lactating cows, 2) comprehensive analysis of social networks in a free-stall barn, 3) facilitating the automated assessment of agonistic behavior. Findings suggest that the level of individuals and the level of social groups should also be taken into account when assessing dairy cattle welfare. The presented automatic method for detecting agonistic behavior and dominance is one important step in this direction. [Englisch]

Dokumenttyp:

Dissertation

Einrichtung:

Agrar- und Umweltwissenschaftliche Fakultät

Sprache:

Englisch

Sachgruppe der DNB:

570 Biowissenschaften, Biologie

630 Landwirtschaft, Veterinärmedizin

Veröffentlichung /
Entstehung:

Rostock

Rostock: Universität Rostock