Feeding behaviour affects nursing behaviour in captive plains zebra (Equus burchellii)

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Feeding behaviour affects nursing behaviour in captive plains zebra (Equus burchellii)

Original language description

Equids spend more than half of the day feeding. Lactation is a very demanding form of maternal investment. Therefore, conflict between suckling behaviour of the foal and feeding behaviour of the lactating mother should occur. We observed 20 foals of captive plains zebra, Equus burchellii, at the Dvůr Králové Zoo. First, we examined whether feeding by the mother while nursing affected suckling behaviour. We found that when the mother was feeding, the proportion of suckling bouts she terminated decreasedwith increasing age of the foal, whereas it did not change when she was not feeding. Second, we examined what affected interruptions of feeding behaviour of the mother during the suckling bout. The proportion of interruptions of feeding by the mother during nursing was affected by her age, the age and the sex of the foal. The results of our study show that feeding while suckling could reduce parent-offspring conflict and improve welfare of captive foals and mares.

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GP523%2F08%2FP313" target="_blank" >GP523/08/P313: Intraspecific and interspecific characteristics of suckling behaviour in captive equids</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2010

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

ISSN

0168-1591

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Volume of the periodical

128

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1-4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000285672600014

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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