Effect of mares´dominance rank on suckling behaviour in the loose

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Result on the web
<a href="http://www.vuzv.cz/sites/File/_privat/11059.pdf" target="_blank" >http://www.vuzv.cz/sites/File/_privat/11059.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2011.05.006" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.applanim.2011.05.006</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Effect of mares´dominance rank on suckling behaviour in the loose
Original language description
Suckling is a main part of maternal investment in equids. The suckling period is crucial for adequate physical as well as psychical development of the foal. The rank of the mother and her aggressiveness could be factors responsible for later reproductiveor social success of the foal. We hypothesised that under conditions characterized by balanced diet adjusted to the needs of lactating mares, but limited space, that the dominance relationships and agonistic interactions among mares are responsible fordifferences in suckling behaviour which cannot be explained by the foal's age. The studied animals were eight groups of loose-housed lactating mares with foals of Kladruby horse. In total, 79 foals (32 males, 47 females) were born to 59 individual mareswithin two seasons. Not frequency, but suckling bout duration was correlated to the dominance rank of the mare (P<0.01). In addition to lower direct intervention by subordinate herdmates the longer suckling bouts in higher ranked mares re
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
GG - Zootechnics
OECD FORD branch
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Project
<a href="/en/project/QH92265" target="_blank" >QH92265: Optimization of breeding system and health care in endangered breed of Old Kladruby horse</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
2011
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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