Emotional contagion of distress in young pigs is potentiated by previous exposure to the same stressor

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00027014:_____/16:N0000031

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.vuzv.cz/sites/File/_privat/16029.pdf" target="_blank" >http://www.vuzv.cz/sites/File/_privat/16029.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-015-0950-5" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10071-015-0950-5</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Emotional contagion of distress in young pigs is potentiated by previous exposure to the same stressor

Original language description

This study tested whether emotional contagion occurs when piglets directly observe a penmate in distress (restraint) and whether there is an effect of previous experience on the response to subsequent restraint or exposure to conspecific distress. Piglets (49.7 ± 0.7 days) were exposed in pairs to two stress phases (SP1 and SP2) in an arena divided into two pens by a wire mesh wall. During SP1, one of the pigs of a pair was either restrained (Stress treatment) or sham-restrained (Control treatment), while the other pig was considered observer. During SP2, the previous observer was restrained, while its penmate took the observer role. Heart rate variability, locomotion, vocalizations, body/head/ear and tail postures were monitored. During SP1, observer pigs responded to conspecific distress with increased indicators of attention (looking at, proximity to and snout contacts with the distressed pigs) and increased indicators of fear (reduced locomotion, increased freezing). During SP2, the observer pigs that had been restrained previously reacted more strongly (through higher proximity, decreased locomotion, increased freezing) to observing the penmate in restraint than pigs without the previous negative experience. This study suggests that young pigs are susceptible to emotional contagion and that this contagion is potentiated by previous exposure to the same stressor. These findings have implications for pig welfare in practical animal husbandry systems.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - 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/GA14-27925S" target="_blank" >GA14-27925S: Ontogenetic and social determinants of pig vocal individuality</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Animal Cognition

ISSN

1435-9448

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

19

Issue of the periodical within the volume

není

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

501-511

UT code for WoS article

000373743900006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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