Effects of housing environment on social isolation response, weaning stress, and immune reaction in goat kids

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dc.authoridSavaş, Türker/0000-0002-3558-2296
dc.contributor.authorTölü, Cemil
dc.contributor.authorGokturk, Semra
dc.contributor.authorSavaş, Türker
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:51:54Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:51:54Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated how environmental structuring in the growing units of goat kids influences their ability to cope with social isolation and weaning-induced stress. Two experimental groups were arranged in an enriched (E) or barren (B) environment and each of the two groups had 10 female and 10 male kids. During the social isolation, the goat kids in group E started bleating earlier (P = 0.1612) and more frequently (P = 0.0125). Goat kids also bleated earlier (P = 0.0005) and more often after the weaning period (P = 0.0006). Only the rearing behavior of the groups exhibited significant differences in social isolation. However, after the weaning, kids showed more bipedal stance behavior (P = 0.0204) and less running behavior (P = 0.0394) than before the weaning period. Cortisol, triiodothyronine (T3), and thyroxine (T4) hormone concentrations were lower at weaning than in the other periods with social isolation (P < 0.05). The T3 hormone concentrations of the groups at weaning were significantly different (P = 0.0201). The immune response to Brucella vaccination did not differ between the groups (P = 0.2753). Findings revealed that both social isolation tests created stress in the goat kids. Considering the bleating frequencies, it can be concluded that the goat kids in the enriched environment experienced more social isolation stress than the goat kids in the barren environment.
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) [110O009]
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors wish to thank the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) for financial support of this project (No. 110O009). We are also grateful to Dr I Yaman Yurtman for his valuable scientific contribution, Dr Cem Omer Egesel and Mr Graham H Lee for their help with the English editing of this article, Dr Alper Karakas for his support in carrying out the hormone analyses, and Dr Baver Coskun for his assistance with the antibody titer analyses.
dc.identifier.doi10.3906/vet-1612-89
dc.identifier.endpage642
dc.identifier.issn1300-0128
dc.identifier.issue5
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85033728279
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage635
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3906/vet-1612-89
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/25577
dc.identifier.volume41
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000416838300008
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTubitak Scientific & Technological Research Council Turkey
dc.relation.ispartofTurkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectEnvironmental enrichment
dc.subjectbleating
dc.subjectrearing
dc.subjectbipedal stance
dc.subjectcortisol
dc.subjectthyroid hormones
dc.titleEffects of housing environment on social isolation response, weaning stress, and immune reaction in goat kids
dc.typeArticle

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