Daddy matters: Exploring the effects of stallion presence on foal behaviour
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F25%3A43909958" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/25:43909958 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41340/25:103674
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159125001819?pes=vor&utm_source=clarivate&getft_integrator=clarivate" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159125001819?pes=vor&utm_source=clarivate&getft_integrator=clarivate</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2025.106683" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.applanim.2025.106683</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Daddy matters: Exploring the effects of stallion presence on foal behaviour
Original language description
Stallions are an integral part of horse bands in nature, affecting the behaviour of other group members, mares and foals. Previous research shows that the stallion may be an important model, especially for young colts. However, in domestic conditions, the stallions' role is significantly reduced. In this long-term study, we explored the effect of stallions' presence on foal behaviour across different social situations. Two groups of semi-feral Exmoor ponies (n = 68) were studied in a four-year period (748 hours), each in three stages, with or without the stallion and subadult horses. Overall behavioural differences (friendly, agonistic, play, snapping) among the three social groups were detected (chi 2=168.976, p < 0.001). A remarkable behavioural switch was revealed in the social interactions of fillies. In the absence of a stallion, their behavioural patterns shifted significantly, with a notable increase in social interactions with females (fillies and mares), occurring twice as often as interactions with the remaining males (colts and subadults). This trend was evident in the category of social play. We propose that the stallion can act as an important model and facilitator of sex-specific behaviour in both male and female foals. His absence in domestic herds may impact the developmental trajectory of the offspring.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10614 - Behavioral sciences biology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE
ISSN
0168-1591
e-ISSN
1872-9045
Volume of the periodical
289
Issue of the periodical within the volume
AUG 2025
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
nestránkováno
UT code for WoS article
001505550700002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105007096288