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Marie-Antonine Finkemeier

Assessment of individual personality and the effect of personality traits on discrimination learning in Nigerian dwarf goats (Capra aegagrus hircus)

Universität Rostock, Juni 2025

https://doi.org/10.18453/rosdok_id00005679

Abstract: Understanding individual differences in personality and its relation to cognitive abilities in farm animals, has gained increased attention for welfare purposes, because personality and its relationships to cognitive abilities may have an impact on economic factors as farm animals must cope with numerous challenging situations, automatic systems and different husbandry practises during their lifetime. We found individual personality in dwarf goats having an effect on physiology and learning.

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