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Battini M, Barbieri S, Waiblinger S, Mattiello S. Validity and feasibility of Human-Animal Relationship tests for on-farm welfare assessment in dairy goats. Appl Anim Behav Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2016.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Lürzel S, Windschnurer I, Futschik A, Waiblinger S. Gentle interactions decrease the fear of humans in dairy heifers independently of early experience of stroking. Appl Anim Behav Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2016.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Lürzel S, Windschnurer I, Futschik A, Palme R, Waiblinger S. Effects of gentle interactions on the relationship with humans and on stress-related parameters in group-housed calves. Anim Welf 2015. [DOI: 10.7120/09627286.24.4.475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Lürzel S, Münsch C, Windschnurer I, Futschik A, Palme R, Waiblinger S. The influence of gentle interactions on avoidance distance towards humans, weight gain and physiological parameters in group-housed dairy calves. Appl Anim Behav Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2015.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Menke C, Peer M, Schneider C, Spengler A, Waiblinger S. Introducing structural elements into the free resting area in loose-housing systems with horned dairy cows: Effects on lying behaviour and cleanliness. Livest Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2015.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Nordmann E, Barth K, Futschik A, Palme R, Waiblinger S. Head partitions at the feed barrier affect behaviour of goats. Appl Anim Behav Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2015.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Wagner K, Seitner D, Barth K, Palme R, Futschik A, Waiblinger S. Effects of mother versus artificial rearing during the first 12 weeks of life on challenge responses of dairy cows. Appl Anim Behav Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2014.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Szabò S, Barth K, Graml C, Futschik A, Palme R, Waiblinger S. Introducing young dairy goats into the adult herd after parturition reduces social stress. J Dairy Sci 2013; 96:5644-55. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2012] [Accepted: 04/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Wagner K, Barth K, Hillmann E, Palme R, Futschik A, Waiblinger S. Mother rearing of dairy calves: Reactions to isolation and to confrontation with an unfamiliar conspecific in a new environment. Appl Anim Behav Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2013.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Wagner K, Barth K, Palme R, Futschik A, Waiblinger S. Integration into the dairy cow herd: Long-term effects of mother contact during the first twelve weeks of life. Appl Anim Behav Sci 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ivemeyer S, Knierim U, Waiblinger S. Effect of human-animal relationship and management on udder health in Swiss dairy herds. J Dairy Sci 2011; 94:5890-902. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-4048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2010] [Accepted: 07/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Nordmann E, Keil NM, Schmied-Wagner C, Graml C, Langbein J, Aschwanden J, von Hof J, Maschat K, Palme R, Waiblinger S. Feed barrier design affects behaviour and physiology in goats. Appl Anim Behav Sci 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Waiblinger S, Knierim U, Winckler C. The Development of an Epidemiologically Based On-Farm Welfare Assessment System for use with Dairy Cows. ACTA AGR SCAND A-AN 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/090647001316923108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Windschnurer I, Boivin X, Waiblinger S. Reliability of an avoidance distance test for the assessment of animals’ responsiveness to humans and a preliminary investigation of its association with farmers’ attitudes on bull fattening farms. Appl Anim Behav Sci 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Windschnurer I, Schmied C, Boivin X, Waiblinger S. Reliability and inter-test relationship of tests for on-farm assessment of dairy cows’ relationship to humans. Appl Anim Behav Sci 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ghareeb K, Niebuhr K, Awad WA, Waiblinger S, Troxler J. Stability of fear and sociality in two strains of laying hens. Br Poult Sci 2008; 49:502-8. [PMID: 18836895 DOI: 10.1080/00071660802290390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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1. This trial studied the effects of strain and age on tonic immobility (TI) duration, emergence time (ET) and social reinstatement time (SRT) in laying hens and investigated the consistency of individual behavioural characteristics over rearing and laying periods and the correlations between these behavioural traits. 2. One hundred chicks from each of ISA Brown (ISA) and Lohmann Tradition (LT) laying hens were reared from one day old in pens. At 3 weeks, birds of each line were divided into 4 groups. Twenty birds in one group of each line were marked individually for repeated testing and the other groups were assigned for single testing to test the habituation effect and possible age effects at a group level. 3. ISA birds had higher overall means for TI duration and latency to leave the start box. ISA also showed longer latency in SRT at week 28 than Lohmanns. TI duration increased from weeks 3 to 10 and then decreased to week 35 in both lines. The latency to explore the test area and to reinstate decreased from weeks 10 to 35. 4. Tonic immobility, exploratory and social reinstatement behaviours were consistent over time in both lines, as revealed by Kendall's W coefficient of concordance. 5. In social test situations, an inter-situational consistency was found, that is, birds emerged quickly from the start box and reinstated quickly with their companion. TI (non-social test) was negatively correlated with ET and SRT. Thus the two lines of laying hens respond differently in social and non-social tests.
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Graml C, Niebuhr K, Waiblinger S. Reaction of laying hens to humans in the home or a novel environment. Appl Anim Behav Sci 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Graml C, Waiblinger S, Niebuhr K. Validation of tests for on-farm assessment of the hen–human relationship in non-cage systems. Appl Anim Behav Sci 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Schmied C, Boivin X, Waiblinger S. Stroking different body regions of dairy cows: effects on avoidance and approach behavior toward humans. J Dairy Sci 2008; 91:596-605. [PMID: 18218746 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Understanding perception of dairy cows to common human contact such as stroking is important for improving the human-animal relationship, animal welfare, and production. We hypothesized that repeated stroking of body regions licked most during social grooming, especially the ventral neck, would reduce cows' avoidance of and increase their approach to humans. Sixty tethered dairy cows were randomly allocated to 4 treatment groups that received 5 min of daily human contact 5 d/wk during 3 consecutive weeks: 3 groups were stroked on different body regions. The first group was stroked on the ventral part of the neck (neck); the second group on the withers (both licked often in social grooming); the third group on the lateral side of the chest (chest, licked rarely); and the last group (control) was exposed to simple human presence. The reactions to the person who had provided the treatment were measured using 2 tests in the home tie-stall assessing avoidance from an approaching person who tried to touch the head (approaching person test) and avoidance/approach reactions to a stationary person (stationary person test). Approach behavior was recorded in a novel environment using a standard arena test. In the home tie-stall, cows stroked on the neck showed less avoidance (median avoidance score: 3.33) in the approaching person test compared with cows stroked on the chest and the controls (both: 4.00). That is, at least 75% of the animals stroked on the neck tolerated the touching of their heads (75th percentile <or= 3.75), whereas at least 50% of the cows in the other treatment groups did not accept it. The stationary person test did not reveal any differences between the treatment groups. In the arena test, the 3 stroked groups showed more approach behavior (median latencies to contact: from 145 to 240 s) compared with simple human presence (300 s), but stroking treatments did not differ from each other. Stroking, particularly the neck, reduced avoidance of and increased approach reactions to humans in both the home tie-stall and the arena. Increasing acceptance of being touched after being stroked on the neck suggests that this procedure should be adopted to improve routine handling of dairy cattle.
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Schmied C, Waiblinger S, Scharl T, Leisch F, Boivin X. Stroking of different body regions by a human: Effects on behaviour and heart rate of dairy cows. Appl Anim Behav Sci 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Waiblinger S, Boivin X, Pedersen V, Tosi MV, Janczak AM, Visser EK, Jones RB. Assessing the human–animal relationship in farmed species: A critical review. Appl Anim Behav Sci 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 235] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Khol JL, Franz S, Klein D, Lexer D, Waiblinger S, Luger K, Baumgartner W. Influence of milking technique and lactation on the bovine teat by means of ultrasonographic examination. BERLINER UND MUNCHENER TIERARZTLICHE WOCHENSCHRIFT 2006; 119:68-73. [PMID: 16450712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The teats of Brown Swiss and Austrian Simmental cows, divided into two groups, one milked by means of an automatic milking system, the other using a conventional milking parlour, were examined monthly by ultrasonography. Aim of the study was to compare the effects of two different milking machines upon the structures of the bovine teat canal and wall by ultrasonography and thereby evaluate ultrasonography as a research tool for visualisation of different influences on the bovine teat. Length and thickness of the teat canal and teat wall thickness were measured and analysed. During lactation, teat canal length and thickness increased in both groups, teat canal length decreased in conventional milked cows at the end of lactation. Shorter and narrower teat canals were observed in automatic milked cows. Differences between the groups in teat canal length and thickness were determined in early lactation. During lactation teat wall thickness showed a slight increase. Automatic milked cows displayed thinner teat walls than cows milked in the milking parlour. Teat morphology was influenced by the number and duration of lactations, milk yield, quarter of the udder and time and date of examination. It was concluded that the effect of the two different milking machines caused significant differences in bovine teat morphology and that ultrasonography proved to be an appropriate method for visualising influences of the milking technique on the bovine teat.
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Hagen K, Langbein J, Schmied C, Lexer D, Waiblinger S. Heart rate variability in dairy cows—influences of breed and milking system. Physiol Behav 2005; 85:195-204. [PMID: 15894344 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2005] [Revised: 03/16/2005] [Accepted: 03/30/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Heart rate variability parameters in the time, frequency and nonlinear domains were investigated in two breeds of dairy cows (Austrian Simmental and Brown Swiss) milked either in an automatic milking system with partially forced cow traffic or in a herringbone milking parlour. Recordings were made of 24 cows (six of each breed and milking system) during lying, standing idle, and standing being milked, and analysed with linear mixed effects models taking the covariates time of day, live body weight, milk yield, stage of lactation and stage of pregnancy into account. Heart rate and nonlinear deterministic shares were higher, and heart rate variability in the time and frequency domains was lower, later in the day, in cows with higher body weight and in Simmental compared to Brown Swiss cows. Differences in the linear and nonlinear domains during lying indicated an increased level of chronic stress in cows in the automatic milking system with partially forced cow traffic, compared to cows milked in the herringbone milking parlour. No effects of milking system were found during milking, indicating that the stressor in the automatic milking system was not the milking process itself.
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Hagen K, Lexer D, Palme R, Troxler J, Waiblinger S. Milking of Brown Swiss and Austrian Simmental cows in a herringbone parlour or an automatic milking unit. Appl Anim Behav Sci 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Rousing T, Waiblinger S. Evaluation of on-farm methods for testing the human–animal relationship in dairy herds with cubicle loose housing systems—test–retest and inter-observer reliability and consistency to familiarity of test person. Appl Anim Behav Sci 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2003.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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