Implication of Behavior in Livestock and Poultry Management and Welfare

Question 1

TYPES OF BEHAVIOR

Answer 1

• Social Behavior
• Agonistic Behavior
• Ingestive Behavior
• Body Care Behavior
• Thermoregulatory Behavior

Question 2

is animal’s ability
to communicate with each other .
First social bond develop with dam.
Animals that were reared together
as calves were more likely to
associate when adult

Answer 2

SOCIAL BEHAVIOR

Question 3

Activity of certain
individuals, usually rapidly followed by
others .

Answer 3

Social facilitation

Question 4

Formed in a well
established group. Introduction of new
animals into a group or the mixing of groups
will normally lead to fighting until a new
social order is established .

Answer 4

Social hierarchy

Question 5

All forms of behavior by an animal which is in conflict
with other .

Answer 5

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR

Question 6

causes of agonistic behavior

Answer 6

⊷ When a new group formed
⊷ A new individual enter into a well established group
⊷ Limited supply of food and bedding space
⊷ Competition among animals for breeding

Question 7

encompass all eating and drinking behaviors.

Answer 7

INGESTIVE BEHAVIOR

Question 8

true or falses

Animal fed in stalls spend very little time feeding
compared with free ranging animals of same species .But they eat many meals of short duration.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

⊷ Done for attainment of comfort .
⊷ Include scratching ,shaking and licking .
⊷ Grooming behavior done to minimize
disease and parasitism .
- Auto grooming
- Allogrooming.

Answer 9

BODY CARE BEHAVIOR

Question 10

Done to maintain animal in thermo neutral zone.

Answer 10

THERMOREGULATORY
BEHAVIOR

Question 11

⊷ On a hot day seek the shade of trees , avoiding
direct solar radiation.
⊷ Animal show panting , wallowing.
⊷ In cold, shivering occur . Horses often generate
herd gallop thus raising body temperature.
⊷ Buffalo and Pig needs wallowing for
thermoregulation .

Answer 11

THERMOREGULATORY
BEHAVIOR

Question 12

⊷ Also known as anomalous behavior ,behavioral
abnormalities repeated .
⊷ Stereotypy is a relatively in-variate sequence of
movements that has no obvious purpose .
⊷ Indicate poor welfare .

Answer 12

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

Question 13

CAUSES OF ABNORMAL
BEHAVIOR

Answer 13

⊷Overcrowding
⊷Monotonous environment
⊷ Suppression of natural
instincts
⊷ Inadequate exercise
⊷Malnutrition

Question 14

defines as “how an animal is coping with the conditions in which it lives.’’

Answer 14

Animal Welfare