Effects of genotype, horn and social rank on agonistic behaviours during food competition in goats
| dc.contributor.author | Tölü, Cemil | |
| dc.contributor.author | Savaş, Türker | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-27T19:29:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-01-27T19:29:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.department | Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi | |
| dc.description.abstract | Objective: This study aimed at investigating the agonistic interactions among goats in food competition based on genotype, horn and dominance rank. Material and Methods: After determining the dominance rank of the Maltese and Turkish Saanen genotypes, a mixed group consisting of horned, polled and both horned and polled animals, 2 to 5 years old, consisting of 54 heads in total, nine heads each and a total of 6 groups with linear social rank were formed. The observations were evaluated on the basis of their agonistic behaviors in competition for roughage (oat hay) placed in the feeders. Results: Genotype significantly affected the frequency of agonistic behaviors except for displacement behavior in feeder (P?0.05). Aggressive biting and threatening behaviors in Turkish Saanen were 2.36 and 1.78 times higher than in Maltese (P?0.0001). The rate of absence at through of Turkish Saanen goats, which displayed higher aggression frequency was higher that of Maltese goats (P=0.0159). The frequency of agonistic behaviors except for flank butting differed according to horn groups (P?0.05). Total mean frequency of total aggressive behaviors in the descending order ranked 27.73 times/h for hornless, 23.47 times/h for mixed and 18.48 times/h for horned groups. The absence at the feeder differed in horned groups and ranked in the descending order 38% for horn, 16% for mixed and 8% for hornless (P<0.0001). Conclusion: Maltese genotype is more peaceful than the Turkish Saanen genotype and this peacefulness may be useful in terms of food competition. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.29185/hayuretim.888409 | |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 115 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1301-9597 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2645-9043 | |
| dc.identifier.issue | 2 | |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 109 | |
| dc.identifier.trdizinid | 1138277 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.29185/hayuretim.888409 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/1138277 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/15991 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 62 | |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | TR-Dizin | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Hayvansal Üretim | |
| dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.snmz | KA_TRD_20250125 | |
| dc.subject | Biyoloji | |
| dc.title | Effects of genotype, horn and social rank on agonistic behaviours during food competition in goats | |
| dc.type | Article |
