Effects of Weaning and Spatial Enrichment on Behavior of Turkish Saanen 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.accessioned2025-01-27T20:29:05Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:29:05Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractAs is in all economic activities, the highest yield per unit area is the main goal in animal production, while addressing the temperamental needs of animals often is ignored. Animal welfare is not only an ethical fact; it also has an economic value. Spatial environmental enrichment contributes positively to animal welfare by addressing their behavioral and mental requirements. The present study was conducted to determine the effects of weaning and spatial environmental arrangements on behaviors of goat-kids. Experimental groups were arranged in structured and unstructured spatial environments. Roughage feeder, semi-automatic concentrate feeder, bunk, bridge, and wood block were placed in the structured environment. No equipment was placed in the unstructured environment and paddock sides were enclosed with an iron sheet to prevent bipedal stance and to provide environmental isolation. In the study 10 male and 10 female Turkish Saanen goat kids were used in each group. Spatial environmental arrangements did not have significant impacts on the growth performance of kids (p>0.05). All objects in the structured group were accepted by the kids. Average use ratios of roughage feeder, semi-automatic concentrate feeder, bunk, bridge and wood block were observed as 19.3%, 14.0%, 12.6%, 3.8%, and 0.7%, respectively. There were significant differences between before- and after-weaning in use of all objects except for underneath bridge (p<0.05). Concentrate feed consumption, locomotion, and resting behaviors in kids showed significant differences by structural group and growth period. Roughage consumption was similar between groups, while it differed by growth period (p<0.05). Interaction frequency was significantly higher in structured group (p = 0.0023). Playing behavior significantly differentiated based on the growth period rather than on groups (p<0.05). Playing behavior significantly decreased after weaning. Abnormal oral activity was significantly higher in the structured group before weaning (p<0.05). Despite there being no installations facilitating climbing and bipedal stance, the kids of the unstructured group were able to exhibit 1/3 as much bipedal stance behavior as the kids of the structured group through leaning over slippery paddock wall or over their groupmates. Bipedal stance behavior of unstructured group was similar before and after weaning, while bipedal stance behavior before weaning was about 2 times that of after weaning in structured group. It was concluded that unstructured environmental arrangement limited the behavior repertoire of the goat kids.
dc.description.sponsorshipTUBITAK [1100009]
dc.description.sponsorshipAuthors wish to thank TUBITAK for financial support provided within the scope of 1100009 numbered project, Dr. I Yaman Yurtman for his valuable scientific contribution, Dr. Cem Omer Egesel for his help in English editing of this article and Res.Asst. Arzu Uctepe for her helps in behaviorial observations.
dc.identifier.doi10.5713/ajas.15.0597
dc.identifier.endpage886
dc.identifier.issn1011-2367
dc.identifier.issn1976-5517
dc.identifier.issue6
dc.identifier.pmid26954169
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84968754987
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage879
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.15.0597
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/22813
dc.identifier.volume29
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000378108900016
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAsian-Australasian Assoc Animal Production Soc
dc.relation.ispartofAsian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectEnvironmental Enrichment
dc.subjectTurkish Saanen
dc.subjectGrowth
dc.subjectBipedal Stance
dc.subjectAnimal Welfare
dc.titleEffects of Weaning and Spatial Enrichment on Behavior of Turkish Saanen Goat Kids
dc.typeArticle

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