Applied v pure research

Question 1

Where is knowledge of animal behaviour applied?

Answer 1

• Farming (animal production)
• Conservation (zoos and wildflie)
• pest control
• Training (companion, working, entertainment)
  > assessing and improving welfare
  > designing and refining housing and husbandry

Question 2

What two ways may knowledge be applied?

Answer 2

• Applying concepts theories and knowledge [PURE]
  > look at underlying theory, what should affect numbers?
• Applying behavioural techniques and methods
  > Simulate theoretical factors on farm and see if effect is noted [STRATEGIC]
  > Change practical management and see effects (purely applied) [APPLIED]

Question 3

Give an exemplar problem with pure, strategic and applied approaches

Answer 3

How to minimise stereotypic behaviour in gestating sows

1. Neural/physiological correlates of stereotypies/motivational basis eg. foraging and feeding
2. Expression of foraging behaviour in different housing environments - relationships between feeding and stereotypies, social effects on stereotypies
3. Decrease confinement of getting sows - look at effect/trial new diets in commercial conditions/provide extra forage under commercial conditions