Data di Pubblicazione:
2017
Citazione:
Personality profiles in autochcthonous italian cattle breeds: a pilot study / G. Quintavalle Pastorino, P. Pearce-Kelly, A. Ferguson, M. Albertini, S.M. Mazzola, R. Preziosi, M. Faustini, G. Curone. ((Intervento presentato al 8. convegno Convegno Nazionale della Ricerca nei Parchi tenutosi a Bussolengo nel 2017.
Abstract:
Knowledge of individual personality is a useful tool in animal husbandry and can be used effectively
to improve welfare. This study assessed personality in five different cattle breeds (Bos taurus)—two
cosmopolitan (Holstein and Brown) and three Italian autochthonous—through a personality
questionnaire completed by handlers (milkers). The objective was to determine whether this method
could detect differences in personality, linked to a variety of variables including breed, age and
gender. The handlers’ assessments found breed and individual differences in dairy and beef cattle.
Differences in personality traits were quite evident between individuals but consistent within each
breed. This result shows how certain personality traits are more marked in certain breeds in terms of
curiosity, friendliness to milkers and responses to unknown people. This pilot survey shows the
usefulness of questionnaires in cattle personality studies and its potential extension to other domestic
and wild bovids both in- and ex-situ.
Tipologia IRIS:
14 - Intervento a convegno non pubblicato
Elenco autori:
G. Quintavalle Pastorino, P. Pearce-Kelly, A. Ferguson, M. Albertini, S.M. Mazzola, R. Preziosi, M. Faustini, G. Curone
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