From: IN%"'AGRO02::AGRO02::MRGATE::\\'POST::AM_AGRM00::bracke\\'\d@imag.dlo.nl" 16-SEP-1997 00:02:24.26 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: RE: smiling From: NAME: Marc B.M. Bracke TEL: 31-317-476554 ADDR: IMAG-DLO-NL To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca"@AGRM00@MRGATE@AGRO02@POST This may have been mentionned before, but if not: Foxes smile as well. Dr. Irene Plyusnina from the Institute of Cytology and Genetics in Novosybirsk (Russia) told me that her tamest foxes smile when a human approaches. They also wagg their tails and seem to enjoy it. From: IN%"lboyle@DAIRY.TEAGASC.IE" "LAURA BOYLE" 16-SEP-1997 06:06:51.86 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: Aggression between gilts at feeding Hello all, I wonder if anyone could help me with a problem I have concerning feeding group housed gilts. I am trying to set up an experiment comparing group housed pregnant gilts to gilts housed in gestation crates in terms of subsequent adaptation to the environment of the farrowing house. We have never group housed pregnant gilts or sows at Moorepark before so we are having a lot of teething problems! We have had to compromise a bit on our pens (3.1m x 2.6m), they were orginally designed to house fattening pigs but have been vacant for a few years. We are housing the gilts in groups of 4 which means they have more than 2m squared each. Each group of 4 gilts have been reared together so as to eliminate the problems asociated with mixing unfamiliar animals. Now we come to the feeding arrangements, and this is where the problem lies (surprise, surprise!). Initially we started feeding the gilts twice per day (the crate housed gilts are fed twice/day), but 2.5 kg of nuts split in two, results in a very small volume of feed at each meal. This resulted in a lot of aggression between the gilts. I should mention that they are eating out of a simple trough placed along one of the walls. We decided to change to once a day feeding, so each gilt would have a better chance of getting her full ration. There is still aggression between them, however, now it only occurs once per day. Some of the gilts have a lot of wounds due to fighting over the remainder of the feed so this is still not an ideal situation. However, none of the gilts have lost significant amounts of body weight and in the two pens currently filled, all eight gilts are very evenly matched in terms of body condition. Could anyone give me some practical advice on reducing the fighting after feeding? I know that in numerous studies individual feeding stalls have been shown to eliminate the problem and then trickle feeding has also been used. As the pens are quite small I would imagine that there would be no room for individual stalls. Perhaps if I reduced the group size....increased fibre content.....built new houses (out of the question!)........what do you think? Thanks a million, Laura Laura Boyle, (PhD student, sow behaviour and welfare) Pig Production Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, IRELAND. Telephone: +353-25-42389 Fax : +353-25-42340 Email: Lboyle@Dairy.Teagasc.ie From: IN%"d.arey@ab.sac.ac.uk" 16-SEP-1997 08:48:31.33 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: RE: Aggression between gilts at feeding Dear Laura Basically you have to train the gilts into thinking that at meal times they are going to gain more by concentrating on feeding rather than bullying, which is in essence how trickle feed systems work. The simplest ways of doing this are to either maximise the distribution of food eg. increase pen size, scatter food into all areas of the pen, use straw bedding to make finding food more difficult, decrease food particle size. The other is to make moving from one feed area to another more difficult eg. electronic feeders, transponders, food stalls, partial barriers, even a simple central obstacle can help. If the problem occurs mainly after feeding as you say, then this latter solution may help subordinate animals flee their aggressors (see Edwards et al 1993, Farm Building Progress 113. Adding bulk to diet can be helpful but costly and animals vary considerably in their intake. Reducing group size will improve things but not by much if there is a corresponding reduction in pen size. I'm afraid there is no perfect solution to your problem, if there was, somebody would have made a fortune by now! Dale Dale Arey Animal and Feed Technology SAC Craibstone Estate Bucksburn Aberdeen, AB21 9YA UK AB21 9YA Tel: 01224 711058 From: IN%"eoprice@ucdavis.edu" "Edward O. Price" 16-SEP-1997 09:56:34.27 To: IN%"applied-ethology-error@sask.usask.ca" "applied-ethology-error" CC: IN%"hemsworthp@hari.agvic.gov.au" "Paul Hemsworth" Subj: RE: Don: The only thing I can suggest is to house the boar with some smaller females continuously for a few days or weeks. He may only need some serious socialization. Paul Hemsworth may be able to help. He co-authored a paper that demonstrated that boars reared in isolation have substandard sexual performance. (Hemsworth, P.H., R.G. Beilharz and D.B. Galloway. 1977. Influence of social conditions during rearing on the sexual behavior of the domestic boar. Anim. Prod. 24: 245-251.) Ed Price ---------- >From: applied-ethology-error >To: applied-ethology >Date: Monday, September 15, 1997 9:43AM > > >A friend of mine wrote with the following inquiry. I know Ed Price would >have some ideas based on his research with sheep, and I open this question >to others that may have experienced this problem with swine. Has anybody >had experience with the problem described below? > >Thank you for your time. Don Lay > > >>Don, do you have access to any up to date information about how to handle a >>"reluctant" boar. This boar has been raised alone and will not mount an >>estrous female or extend his penis. Thanks. >Donald C. Lay Jr. >Applied Ethology >Iowa State University >donlay@iastate.edu >515-294-2724 > From: IN%"jea1899@mail.poapts.com" "Jennifer Allen" 16-SEP-1997 20:12:37.95 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: horses My name is Jennifer Allen and I am currently taking a comparative psychology course in which I must do a research paper. I have chosen to observe my friends horses. One is a gelding quarterhorse and the other is a mare (appaloosa). I am not sure what angle to take on this study. I was thinking of play behavior or recognition and friendship between horses. They share an acre plot and have become good playmates according to my friend. Does anybody have any ideas on a more interesting angle to take or on the ones I mentioned? I would appreciate any kind of input. I do not know too much about horses (just what my friend tells me). Even ideas of books or professionals in the field that I could look up would be helpful. Thank you. Jennifer Allen jea1899@mail.poapts.com From: IN%"holson@california.com" "Howard Olson" 16-SEP-1997 23:25:48.24 To: IN%"jea1899@mail.poapts.com" "Jennifer Allen" CC: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" Subj: RE: horses Jennifer Allen wrote: > > My name is Jennifer Allen and I am currently taking a comparative > psychology course in which I must do a research paper. I have chosen to > observe my friends horses. One is a gelding quarterhorse and the other is > a mare (appaloosa). I am not sure what angle to take on this study. I was > thinking of play behavior or recognition and friendship between horses. > They share an acre plot and have become good playmates according to my friend. > Does anybody have any ideas on a more interesting angle to take or on the > ones I mentioned? I would appreciate any kind of input. I do not know too > much about horses (just what my friend tells me). Even ideas of books or > professionals in the field that I could look up would be helpful. Thank you. > Jennifer Allen > jea1899@mail.poapts.com The gelding and the mare would be a readymade ethological "experiment" for pure social behavior between a male and female horse, at least as far as the male is concerned. You could use the gelding to "isolate" female proceptive and receptive behaviors when stimulation by the male is reduced. It would be better to have a normal control group of intact male and female. But you could substitute a comparison of your data to reports from the Literature. Let me know if I can help with the design of your study. Howard Olson Instructor Veterinary Assistant Program Loma Vista Adult Center Concord, California From: IN%"jwillard@fly.erato.jst.go.jp" "Janice Willard" 17-SEP-1997 00:07:08.74 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: horse study Jennifer Allen wrote: > > My name is Jennifer Allen and I am currently taking a comparative > psychology course in which I must do a research paper. I have chosen to > observe my friends horses. One is a gelding quarterhorse and the other is > a mare (appaloosa). I am not sure what angle to take on this study. I was > thinking of play behavior or recognition and friendship between horses. > They share an acre plot and have become good playmates according to my friend. > Does anybody have any ideas on a more interesting angle to take or on the > ones I mentioned? I would appreciate any kind of input. I do not know too > much about horses (just what my friend tells me). Even ideas of books or > professionals in the field that I could look up would be helpful. Thank you. > Jennifer Allen > jea1899@mail.poapts.com Jennifer, Your research question brought back fond memories. When I was an undergraduate (eons ago in the distance past) I did a project with horses for my Social Psychology class. Our Agriculture department would bring in about 30 loaned 2 year old horses for the Animal Science students to use in a horse class. These animals came from all over the area and had no contact with each other until they were thrown into a common feeding and housing area. I was interested in what kinds of aggression this would generate and how this would change over time as the horses got to know each other. My Social Psych professor had no experience with animals and thought it odd that I wanted to study them; the guys out in the barn who cared for the horses also got a big laugh from watching me hunkered down on top of the feeders recording kicks and nips. I actually got some really good data out of it--too bad I never tried to publish it.... My advice to you is to start by just going out and watching the horses by yourself. Don't have an agenda yet and see if something happens with the horses that makes you pay attention and get curious. Then go back and read about horse behavior, communication patterns and such. It is possible that you, a newcomer to horses, may pick up on some behavior not noticed before by those of us who *know* horses. If you go out without preconceived ideas, you may find something new. It is easy to study antagonistic behavior, like I did so many years ago, because it is so easy to observe. But your research set-up, with a pair of companion animals might show some interesting things about play and affection--behaviors which are more subtile. Before dogs play with each other, they make a distinctive playbow which signals the beginning of a play session. I don't recall ever reading whether a horse makes a play gesture. This might be something to look for. The relationship between your friend and her horses might also provide some interesting information. Also, since you are going to be observing subtile behaviors, it might help to video tape the sessions so you can go back an review them. The old guy who boarded my horses when I was a kid once told me a story. He was watching a couple of horses engaging in mutual back-scratching. According to him, one of the horses broke off the scratching session, walked over and picked up a stick in it's teeth and then used the stick to scratch the other horses's back. Tool use in horses! Now that would be fun to document :-) . Good luck and let us know what you find out. Sincerely, Janice Willard, DVM, MS From: IN%"reedd@cjnetworks.com" 17-SEP-1997 16:44:33.29 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" "Ethology" CC: Subj: experience This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_nPwKETeHjhlnQm/5PB4bhA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit I sent this letter out before and have gotten some great responses, but I want to leave myself with as many options as possible. I hope that some of you who maybe did not see this before or did not have a chance to respond will do so now. I am very sorry for the inconvenience and time wasted for those to whom this does not apply. And a huge thanks to those who have responded, I will get back to you individually. Thanks again! > To any who can help- > My name is Maren Davis, I am 17 and dream about my future career > in animal behavior. My ultimate goal is to study in the wild with a Ph.D. > in ethology. > Before I have that opportunity I want to spend time with any and > all animals, exotic, wild, or no. I am willing to do any amount of work > and > soak in all information put before me. > I have this year to finish High School, but the minute I am out > I am interested in a job or some sort of internship that could that I > could do while going to college, or in the summers. (I am willing to > travel summers) I want the experience practical for my future job, > education, of frankly anything putting me in contact with those skilled > in the animal science disciplines or any knowledge involving the same. I > am also looking for contacts that could help me with future job searches > through college and beyond. My main goal is to be put in contact with > those who can help me learn everything that can't be learned in college, > some job experience and possibly a contact or two. > Thank you all in anticipation > Maren Davis > > MAREN DAVIS > email > Dept. of personal interest (my mind) > Topeka, KS USA --Boundary_(ID_nPwKETeHjhlnQm/5PB4bhA) Content-type: MESSAGE/RFC822 To any who can help- My name is Maren Davis, I am 17 and dream about my future career in animal behavior. My ultimate goal is to study in the wild with a PhD in ethology. For now before I have that opportuniy I want to spend time with any and all animals, exotic, or no. I am willing to do any amout of work and soak in all information put before me. I have this year to finish High School, but the minute I am out I am interested in a job or some sort of internship that could that I could do while going to college, or in the summers. (I am willing to travel summers) I want the experence practal for my future job, education, of frankly anything putting me in contact with those skilled in the animal science disaplines or any knowledge involving the same. I am also looking for contacts that could help me with future job searches through college and beyond. My main goal is to be put in contact with those who can help me learn everything that can't be learned in college, some job experence and possibally a contact or two. Thank you all in anticipation Maren Davis MAREN DAVIS email Dept. of personal intrest (my mind) Topeka, KS USA --Boundary_(ID_nPwKETeHjhlnQm/5PB4bhA)-- From: IN%"reedd@cjnetworks.com" 17-SEP-1997 20:33:19.80 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" "Ethology" CC: Subj: ball pythons I have a 5-6 month old ball python. It seems comfortable only in my hands and does'nt mind when I touch him on his head. If in anyone elses hands he pulls away from any efforts twords his head. He readily wraps around my hands and explores the areas around him, but if with someone else he does not explore or wrap around their hands. Does anyone have information on the recognition of Ball Pythons of people or even snakes in general, I've never heard anywhere that snakes choose favorites like a dog or cat and I wonder if this is a subject that has been researched? Another question that comes to me is where are snakes on the "scale" of animal intellegence? (Though I don't trust that those estimates of animal intellegence are even near accurate, just curious as to how they are rated) Thankyou Maren Davis email From: IN%"hanno.wuerbel@inw.agrl.ethz.ch" "Hanno Wuerbel" 18-SEP-1997 03:05:13.08 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: new address...again! new address - new address - new address - new address - new address Our department has moved to a new location! Please note that the postal address, the phone number and the fax number have changed. The e-mail address remains the same as before. Hanno Wuerbel Institute of Animal Sciences Physiology and Husbandry ETH Zuerich Schorenstrasse 16/SLA B14 CH-8603 Schwerzenbach phone: ++41.1.825.74.79 fax: ++41.1.825.04.76 hanno.wuerbel@inw.agrl.ethz.ch Dr. Hanno Wuerbel Institute of Animal Sciences Physiology and Husbandry ETH Zurich Schorenstrasse 16/SLA B14 8603 Schwerzenbach phone: ++41.1.825.74.79 fax: ++41.1.825.04.76 hanno.wuerbel@inw.agrl.ethz.ch From: IN%"markus.stauffacher@inw.agrl.ethz.ch" "Markus Stauffacher" 18-SEP-1997 06:17:11.46 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: new address (3rd trial) Sorry, something did not work properly. So, let's try again. Our group (ethology, husbandry and welfare of farm and lab animals) has moved to a new location. Please note, that postal address, phone and fax number have changed. The e-mail address remains the same as before. Markus Stauffacher Dr. Markus Stauffacher Institute of Animal Sciences Physiology and Husbandry ETH Zurich SLA B21 Schorenstrasse 16 CH-8603 Schwerzenbach Switzerland phone: ++41.1.825.73.51 fax: ++41.1.825.04.76 markus.stauffacher@inw.agrl.ethz.ch From: IN%"hubrecht@ufaw.org.uk" 18-SEP-1997 10:33:21.23 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: UFAW/RSPCA Rabbit Meeting UFAW and the RSPCA will be holding the Winter 1997 meeting of the Rabbit Behaviour and Welfare Group in London on Friday 12th Dec 1997. This will be a relatively informal small meeting. Those who have research or practical experience in rabbit matters are invited to let me know whether they: a) wish to attend the meeting Y/N b) wish to present a paper Y/N Provisional title of paper___________________________ Please reply as soon as possible. Abstracts must be submitted to me by the 15th October 1997 ------------------------------------------------------- BACKGROUND The Rabbit Welfare Group The Rabbit Welfare Group under the aegis of UFAW/RSPCA brings together a number of individuals and groups in the UK who are carrying out research into various aspects of rabbit behaviour and welfare. The group consists of veterinarians, ethologists, animal technicians, breeders and other interested parties as well as representatives from welfare organisations such as UFAW, the RSPCA, the IOB and the Home Office. Objectives 1. The objectives of the group are: 2. To further the welfare of rabbits used for scientific purposes, including breeding animals as well as rabbits kept as pets. 3. To encourage rabbit welfare research 4. To improve the exchange of information between people carrying out welfare research and those concerned with rabbit husbandry. 5. To provide and collate scientific evidence which could be used to improve rabbit welfare. Activities The Rabbit Group held an inaugural meeting in March 1995 at which 10 papers were presented on wild behaviour, and the legal and welfare aspects of housing rabbits in the laboratory. Many of the papers pointed to the benefits of group housing and inventive cage design so as to provide the animals with reasonable space and some social contact. In March 1996 members of the Group presented a number of papers at the IAT Congress, an ideal opportunity to disseminate information beyond the Group. In December 1997 the group held a meeting in London at which there was an international panel of speakers covering farm, laboratory and companion rabbits. Robert C Hubrecht hubrecht@ufaw.org.uk Deputy Director UFAW 8 Hamilton Close South Mimms Potters Bar Herts EN6 3QD UK Tel +44 (0)1707 658202 Fax +44 (0)1707 649279 ********* UFAW Web site******** http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~ufaw3/ ***************************** From: IN%"richards@hula.net" 18-SEP-1997 13:17:38.84 To: IN%"Applied-Ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: daylight hours & equine behavior I am cross posting this, with permission, from Equine-L. Anyone have any ideas? Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 17:51:42 -0400 From: Jeff Morse Subject: Behavior affected by Daylight?? This is a question that for some reason never occurred to me before. I was curious if anyone noticed any behavioral changes in their horses that might be associated with hormone releases due to changes in the length of daylight exposure. The reason I ask is that one of my horses has a definite changed outlook on his job in the fall which I was thinking might be due to something like that since the his life (work food, turnout etc) remains pretty much constant from early spring to November. (he gets the winter off) I know this horse very well and in the fall he is more excitable and more aggressive in his work. I don't attribute it to working in cooler weather cuz he's not like that in the spring when it's just as cold and he is like that on the hotter days in the fall. Just curious if this may have happened to any of your horses. -- Jeff Morse ~ Training Morgan Horses Green Meads Farm ~ Richmond, MA mailto:grnmds@vgernet.net "No one should be allowed to have a baby until they have been required to train a chicken." - anon. "Don't Shoot the Dog" by Karen Pryor ------------------------------ From: IN%"lpl2@dana.ucc.nau.edu" "Liannea P Litz" 18-SEP-1997 21:02:30.73 To: IN%"markus.stauffacher@inw.agrl.ethz.ch" "Markus Stauffacher" CC: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" Subj: RE: new address (3rd trial) Hello all! Do you know of any universities in the United States that would offer the major of ethology? Or, do you know if there are any similar majors. I would really appreciate any help you could give me. I am a college sophmore and I am trying to make some career decisions. Thank you! Liannea Litz From: IN%"lboyle@DAIRY.TEAGASC.IE" "LAURA BOYLE" 19-SEP-1997 04:42:30.71 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: Housing of gilts Hi again, Thanks to all who replied to my last email regarding feeding group housed sows. It appears that there is no easy option! Unfortunately I am constrained by space and the usual....money! However, I think that there may be one simple thing I can do, and that is to attach short barriers to the trough, just enough to protect each gilts head. I have another query today though! Say for example gilts were housed in groups of 5 to 8 in the breeding house until 4 of them were diagnosed pregnant, and then the excess removed from the pen i.e. the group size reduced to 4. Would there be a re-organisation of the hierarchy? Could the increased space allowance and reduced group size significantly affect the behaviour of those four gilts? The reason I am asking is because I need to know how long I should allow the 4 gilts to re-adjust before they are allocated to different housing treatments. I thought one week would be sufficient but I have been advised to check it out. I couldn't find an answer to this question in the literature. Regards, Laura Laura Boyle, (PhD student, sow behaviour and welfare) Pig Production Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, IRELAND. Telephone: +353-25-42389 Fax : +353-25-42340 Email: Lboyle@Dairy.Teagasc.ie From: IN%"kah3@cornell.edu" "Katherine A. Houpt" 19-SEP-1997 08:36:32.71 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: egg eating I have a case with which I need help. The hens of a small free ranging flock who are fed a nutritionally complete diet and are free to forage in a yard (garden) have begun to eat their eggs with increasing frequency from 1/14 days to daily. the eggs are collected daily AM and PM. Katherine Houpt From: IN%"GABOURYC@EM.AGR.CA" "Chantal Gaboury" 19-SEP-1997 13:48:15.47 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: Re:Re: Porcine population "densitystat" ? "I do not know of any species which has some innate mechanism for controlling population density whether it by dispersing, breeding less or cannibalism." ----Actually, I know of one species...locusts. Over-crowding (i.e. a larger than usual frequency of contact amongst themselves) causes them to produce a hormone that stimulates the growth of wing muscles. Once they've grown wings, they disperse! From: IN%"jwillard@fly.erato.jst.go.jp" "Janice Willard" 19-SEP-1997 20:35:15.45 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: RE: egg eating At 10:33 AM 9/19/97 -0400, you wrote: >I have a case with which I need help. The hens of a small free ranging >flock who are fed a nutritionally complete diet and are free to forage in a >yard (garden) have begun to eat their eggs with increasing frequency from >1/14 days to daily. the eggs are collected daily AM and PM. Katherine Houpt > Well, I'm not a chicken behaviorist, but I can tell you what I've learned from observing my own free-ranging flock. (First, are you sure that it is the chickens and not some other predator?) Chickens are opportunistic scavangers. They will eat anything they deem as food and the only reasons they don't eat eggs all the time are that the eggs are usually laid in a place which is hidden and that they don't know there is food inside the eggs. Once they discover that there is food inside an egg, they will go after the eggs with the same single-minded intensity they apply to all their food gathering activities. I have seen egg-eating chickens who would start pecking apart an egg even before the hen who laid it had left the nest. The first time I had egg-eating chickens was when I accidentally trained my birds to do it. I was new to living on a farm and had read somewhere that it was a good idea to feed the chickens their egg shells back to give them calcium. So I sprinkled the egg shells about and before I knew it, the hens were pecking their own eggs. As soon as they discovered that there was food inside the eggs, there was no stopping them. (I don't think nutrition plays a big role here). So I never made that mistake again (commercial calcium suppliments are easier to use anyway) but still would get egg-eating chickens from time to time. Usually it would start when an egg was broken in a nest and a hen would start pecking at the pieces. Soon she would learn to peck at intact eggs and pretty soon the other hens would follow her around when she went after an egg to get a taste themselves. If you watch, often there is great excitment amoung the hens when the eggs are being consumed. It is a good food source and they are all interesting in getting some. The bad news is that I don't know of any way for chickens to "unlearn" this behavior. But if you are lucky, and it is early in the process, there are a few things that can be done. There is usually a ring-leader--a chicken who has specialized in going after the eggs. If you can determine who she is and remove her from the flock, you may prevent the other hens from learning the knack of opening the eggs. They may be eating the eggs after she has broken them, but may not yet be able to open them themselves. It would also help to improve the nesting sites--make them more hidden and harder to get light into them. (Best would be the commertial types which roll the egg out of reach as soon as the hen stands up. I've tried to construct a few of these on my own, with marginal success). It seemed to me that the egg-pecking chicken needed to see the eggs before she started pecking them. The more hidden nests in dark corners (way under the feeders) were left intact. And I would advise trying to pick up the eggs frequently--several times a day--or at least around lunch time. Chickens usually lay in the morning. If the eggs aren't picked up until evening, that leaves them sitting around all afternoon where they can elicit the egg-pecking behavior. So, identify and remove the ringleader and make the eggs more inaccessible and then cross your fingers that the rest of the flock hasn't also learned the behavior. If that's the case, you'll need to get nests that remove the eggs from reach, or you'll need to get new chickens. I hope this is some help. Janice Willard Janice Willard, DVM MS Machida-shi, Tokyo, Japan Phone/FAX (81)427-29-4519 jwillard@erato.jst.go.jp "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig." Leo Bustad From: IN%"arkabc@arkanimals.com" 21-SEP-1997 08:23:52.60 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: Felid Ethograms I am in need of assistance in locating a variety of felid ethograms. I am specifically interested in non-domestic felids with a focus on leopards. Any direction to references would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Diana Guerrero http://www.arkanimals.com From: IN%"mxe13@po.CWRU.Edu" 21-SEP-1997 21:27:22.38 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: Introduction Hello all! My name is Michele Eichenmiller. I am a recent college graduate with a Bachelor's degree in Biology and Psychology. I am interested in wildlife conservation and such, as looked at from a behavioral view. I have not had any luck so far in finding a full time job in this area or any other even closely related field. I would greatly appreciate any help that anyone could provide that would help with my job search. I plan on going back to graduate school perhaps in a year but I need to gain some experience in the field as well as some income. i have tried at the local zoo and with a professor in the field but agian no luck so far. Thank you for your time and please continue the great subjects that have been brought up so far on the mailing list :) Sincerely, Michele Eichenmiller From: IN%"mfinnerty@grange.teagasc.ie" 22-SEP-1997 02:31:09.84 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: (Fwd) Re: egg eating (Katherine A Houpt) Katherine, re egg eating in small free range system..... Our hens at home on the farm in Ireland used to eat their eggs sometimes....(ALso, small free range system). To stop them my mother used to take some eggs, bore a hole in them, take out the "eggy stuff" and replace it with mustard!!! She then placed the eggs back in the nest.....The hens soon stopped eating their own eggs!!!!!! Hope this helps, Martina Finnerty Grange Research Centre, Ireland. From: IN%"SPINKA@novell.vuzv.cz" "Marek Spinka" 22-SEP-1997 06:36:49.64 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: ISAE 97 Proceedings Available Hello everybody, There are last 5 pieces available of the Proceedings of the 31th International Congress of the ISAE 13 - 16 August 1997 Prague at $ 12 a piece. More information can be obtained from Marek Spinka Group of Ethology Research Institute of Animal Production P.O. Box 1 CZ - 104 01 Prague - Uhrineves Czechia phone: +420 2 67 71 07 13 fax: +420 2 67 71 07 79 e-mail: SPINKA@NOVELL.VUZV.CZ From: IN%"Per.Jensen@hmh.slu.se" "Per Jensen" 22-SEP-1997 07:47:28.77 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: Studentship available PhD-position in Ethology (4-years position for PhD-training) A PhD-position is vacant in the Department of Animal Environment and Health, Skara, Sweden, for start in october - november 1997. The successful applicant will join a research programme called "Functional aspects on behavioural domestication effects". For this position, the main task will be to follow a doctoral programme including a study on domestication effects on foraging behaviour and strategies in poultry, using the ancestor, the red junglefowl, as basis for comparison. Part of the research will be carried out on Tovetorp Research Station, a field station situated about 300 km from Skara. The research program will involve some cooperation with molecular geneticists, with the goal of mapping genes related to observed behavioural effects. The successful candidate should have a strong basic training in Ethology. It is desirable with some training in genetics as well, and it is a definite advantage to be firmly acquainted with applied ethology. The application (which can be in Swedish or English) should contain a CV and copies of relevant publications such as Masters-thesis (examensarbete) or any published papers. If you wish, you can submit references from earlier employers or teachers and any other material that may be valid for the judgement of the applicant. The application should be addressed to Registrator, SLU, Box 7070, SE-750 07 Uppsala, and should reach this address not later than the 3 october 1997. The reference number which should be quoted in the application is 4538/97-3391 Further information is available from the project leader, professor Per Jensen on telephone +46 (0)511 67219, or on email Per.Jensen@hmh.slu.se. The SACO-representative (the academical union) at the department is Maria Gustafsson on telephone +46 511 67 227, or email Maria.Gustafsson@hmh.slu.se. The project is a part of FOOD21, a cross-disciplinary research project on sustainability in Swedish agriculture. *********************************************************** PER JENSEN, Professor of Ethology Swedish University of Agricultural Scinces Department of Animal Environment and Health Section of Ethology POB 234, SE-532 23 SKARA, Sweden Tel +46 511 67219 Fax +46 511 67204 E-mail Per.Jensen@hmh.slu.se *********************************************************** From: IN%"k.plaxton@elsevier.nl" "Ken Plaxton" 22-SEP-1997 08:33:26.67 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: Applied Animal Behaviour Science Contents pages Dear Subscriber, Up until recently, I arranged for the Contents page of issues of Applied Animal Behaviour Science to be forwarded periodically to the Applied-Ethology listserver. This service is no longer necessary, as such, as a new generic electronic service is now available from Elsevier (not only for Applied-Ethology subscribers, but for anyone interested). The service is called Contents Direct and is a free, pre-publication (contents) alerting service. All those registered for it, will be sent an e-mail, approx. 2 weeks prior to publication of an issue, containing the contents page (article titles plus authors' names) of the issue in question. The easiest way to register, is to go to the Applied Animal Behaviour Science homepage on the Web and complete the Registration Form provided there. The page can be found on either:www.elsevier.nl/locate/applanim or www.elsevier.com/locate/applanim. The service is also available for other Elsevier titles and there is no limit on the number of titles for which one person can register. I would also like to take this opportunity of 'Announcing' the publication of a special 'Commentary' issue of APPLANIM.This issue (Vol. 54/1, August 1997) contains a lead article written by Mike Appleby ("Life in a variable world: Behaviour, welfare and environmental design") followed by 11 Commentaries on this and a brief concluding response. Comments on the issue and any suggestions for other topics which might be treated in a similar way are welcome and should be directed to the journal's Editors, Per Jensen or Katherine Houpt. Any general queries on the above can be directed to the undersigned. Ken Plaxton **************************************** Associate Publisher Animal/Veterinary Sciences Section Elsevier Science B.V. P.O. Box 181 1000 AD Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel: 31 20 485 3332 Fax: 31 20 485 3325 E-mail: k.plaxton@elsevier.nl **************************************** From: IN%"borell@landw.uni-halle.de" 22-SEP-1997 09:08:19.68 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: new e-mail address E. von Borell Dear all, please note my new (shorter) e-mail address. The old one is however still valid. BORELL@landw.uni-halle.de ********************************************************************** Dr. Eberhard von Borell Professor of Animal Husbandry & Livestock Ecology Institute of Animal Breeding and Husbandry with Veterinary Clinic Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg Adam-Kuckhoff-Str. 35 D-06108 Halle GERMANY Phone: (49)-345-5522331/2 Fax: (49)-345-5527105/6 E-Mail: BORELL@landw.uni-halle.de ********************************************************************** From: IN%"joseph.stookey@usask.ca" 22-SEP-1997 11:23:51.63 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: IN%"joseph.stookey@sask.usask.ca" Subj: stress indicators? Dear All, We are having discussions in our group, without reaching any consensus, on which blood parameters to measure as indicators of stress. I know this topic has been discussed before, but it seems the answers always begin with "It depends....". Without going into all the details here are the conditions surrounding the experiment. We have an upcoming experiment in which newly weaned beef calves (around 200 days of age) will be kept under different conditions. We estimate that the conditions will be more stressful (psychologically) for one treatment group compared to the other group. In addition to weight gain and behavioural parameters we would like to look at indicators of stress obtained from blood samples. The calves will not be fitted with catheters, but blood samples can be taken on scheduled weigh days (or a day or so inbetween if necessary). We have considered looking at total white blood cell counts, heterophil/lymphocyte ratios or natural killer cell activity. There are roughly 120 calves on the trial and we are not interested in spending thousands of dollars on blood work. What blood analysis would you consider and why? What blood parameters (of those I mentioned), in your estimation, would not be very useful. I am running these same questions by our immunologists, but everyone seems to have a different idea (with obvious biases). I would appreciate an outsiders view. Thank you for your time. Sincerly, Joe Stookey ======================= Joseph M. Stookey Department of Herd Medicine and Theriogenology Western College of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4 From: IN%"SPINKA@novell.vuzv.cz" "Marek Spinka" 23-SEP-1997 02:37:29.60 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: ISAE 97 Proceedings Sold Out Hallo everybody, I am sorry I played - inadvertly - a nasty marketing trick with all of you: After having send the previous message, I found that there were in fact 13 pieces of proceedings left. Anyway, the trick worked - all of them are booked by now. So I am sorry I cannot accept any more orders for the proceedings. Best regards, Marek Marek Spinka Group of Ethology Research Institute of Animal Production P.O. Box 1 CZ - 104 01 Prague - Uhrineves Czechia phone: +420 2 67 71 07 13 fax: +420 2 67 71 07 79 e-mail: SPINKA@NOVELL.VUZV.CZ From: IN%"M.Kiley-Worthington@exeter.ac.uk" "room 016 wsl" 23-SEP-1997 04:35:03.57 To: IN%"kah3@cornell.edu" "Katherine A. Houpt" CC: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" Subj: RE: egg eating On Fri, 19 Sep 1997 10:33:22 -0400 Katherine A. Houpt wrote: > From: Katherine A. Houpt > Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 10:33:22 -0400 > Subject: egg eating > To: applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca > > I have a case with which I need help. The hens of a small free ranging > flock who are fed a nutritionally complete diet and are free to forage in a > yard (garden) have begun to eat their eggs with increasing frequency from > 1/14 days to daily. the eggs are collected daily AM and PM. Katherine Houpt **************************************************************************** Dept. of Psychology Washington Singer Labs Room No: 016 University of Exeter Perry Road Exeter EX4 4QG, UK FAX +44 1392 264623 **************************************************************************** We have had egg eating on our own free range small flocks of hens. Aversive conditioning usiong mustard and chilli does not often work, but something to make them sick put in the gg probabley would. Not enough different wet proteins is also often a cause, give them more works slugs etc, whta ever there is. having the egghs roll away is a nuisance and often causesd the hens to roll off and lay elsewherere, although frequent collectingh eggs help and china eggs or plastic so that they can peck away without resulst and continue to lay in the same place. You can feed their shells back without it happening, but make sure they are dried and cooked before being ground up and fed back. Hope this helps, we only have eggs when our hens lay them, so it is more than a nuisance if they eat them all! Marthe Kiley-Worthington. From: IN%"M.Kiley-Worthington@exeter.ac.uk" "room 016 wsl" 23-SEP-1997 04:45:45.47 To: IN%"richards@hula.net" "Dawn A. Richards" CC: IN%"Applied-Ethology@sask.usask.ca" Subj: RE: daylight hours & equine behavior On Thu, 18 Sep 1997 09:17:05 -1000 Dawn A. Richards wrote: > From: Dawn A. Richards > Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 09:17:05 -1000 > Subject: daylight hours & equine behavior > To: Applied-Ethology@sask.usask.ca > > I am cross posting this, with permission, from Equine-L. Anyone have any ideas? There was some work done in the 60 & 70's on release of testosterone in relation to day length in many mammals, although I am not sure this weas done on horses, however it is widely knoen that oestrogen etc are reliant on day length which is why attempts to lengthen it are made whenr attempting to breed horses early in the year. So there is evidence that sex hormonse are related to day length in horses, and these can also have an effect on many other behaviours, particularly tesdtosterone. ( try the name J.Skinner from South Africa in the abstracts for full refs). My feeling is that there may be other things that have changed in relation to the attitude of the human handlers, the types of food etc etc as well as day length which is indicating to the horse that things are changing. They are capable of associative learning at the very least after all! Dr.M.Kiley-Worthington. Equine Behaviour Consultant. > > > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 17:51:42 -0400 > From: Jeff Morse > Subject: Behavior affected by Daylight?? > > This is a question that for some reason never occurred to me before. I > was curious if anyone noticed any behavioral changes in their horses > that might be associated with hormone releases due to changes in the > length of daylight exposure. The reason I ask is that one of my horses > has a definite changed outlook on his job in the fall which I was > thinking might be due to something like that since the his life (work > food, turnout etc) remains pretty much constant from early spring to > November. (he gets the winter off) I know this horse very well and in > the fall he is more excitable and more aggressive in his work. I don't > attribute it to working in cooler weather cuz he's not like that in the > spring when it's just as cold and he is like that on the hotter days in > the fall. Just curious if this may have happened to any of your horses. > > -- > Jeff Morse ~ Training Morgan Horses > Green Meads Farm ~ Richmond, MA > mailto:grnmds@vgernet.net > > "No one should be allowed to have a baby until they have > been required to train a chicken." - anon. > "Don't Shoot the Dog" by Karen Pryor > > ------------------------------ > > **************************************************************************** Dept. of Psychology Washington Singer Labs Room No: 016 University of Exeter Perry Road Exeter EX4 4QG, UK FAX +44 1392 264623 **************************************************************************** From: IN%"M.Kiley-Worthington@exeter.ac.uk" "room 016 wsl" 23-SEP-1997 05:05:36.05 To: IN%"irene@irene.msk.ru" "Sergey Budaev" CC: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" Subj: RE: your mail On Mon, 15 Sep 1997 20:39:34 +0400 (MSD) Sergey Budaev wrote: > From: Sergey Budaev > Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 20:39:34 +0400 (MSD) > Subject: > To: Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca > > Dear colleagues, > > I am studying individual differences in animal behaviour and interested in > describing the dimensions of temperament in various species. Psychologists > have developed a lot of statistical methods for measurement of intelligence, > personality, attitudes etc., that, unfortunately, have not been widely > accepted by ethologists. > > I would appreciate any information about the use of psychometric methods > (e.g. classical test theory and generalizability theory) in applied > ethology. Can anybody provide any references on this topic? > > Because measurement of consistent and stable traits is of particular > importance in such fields as applied ethology and animal welfare, I think > these matters would potentially be interesting to many subscribers of this > mailing list. > > Thank you very much. > > Sergey Budaev > > Severtsov Institute of Ecology & Evolution > Russian Academy of Sciences > Leninsky prospekt 33 > 117071 Moscow, Russia > **************************************************************************** Dept. of Psychology Washington Singer Labs Room No: 016 University of Exeter Perry Road Exeter EX4 4QG, UK FAX +44 1392 264623 **************************************************************************** Eco Research Centre, Throwleigh, Okehampton, Devon. We have been researching personality profiles of cattel and horses for some time, and have developed a number of measures, although not used psychometrics yet. If you are interested, we can let you have some publications etc. Dr.M.Kiley-Worthington & Dr.H.Rendle. From: IN%"M.Kiley-Worthington@exeter.ac.uk" "room 016 wsl" 23-SEP-1997 05:21:55.28 To: IN%"jwillard@fly.erato.jst.go.jp" "Janice Willard" CC: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" Subj: RE: Smiling dogs and people **************************************************************************** Dept. of Psychology Washington Singer Labs Room No: 016 University of Exeter Perry Road Exeter EX4 4QG, UK FAX +44 1392 264623 **************************************************************************** I worked on evolution and cause of changes in facial expressions, gaits, tail movements and vocalisation for my D. Phil many moons ago, and studied with Professor Richard Andrew because he had been working on the origin and evolution of these things, including smiling, particularly in primates. You should look at his papers ( look up in absatracts in 60's & 70's), I dont think things have changed since dramatically; Smilings origini ates in defensive threat & becomes ritualised in certain species for reasons that can be explained. You might like to look at mine in Behaviour in 1970's and thesis which discusses it all in more detail from Univ Sussex, 1969. Marthe Kiley-Worthington M.Kiley-Worthington. From: IN%"Nora_Lewis@umanitoba.ca" "Nora Lewis" 23-SEP-1997 12:37:46.25 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: IN%"nlewis@Ms.UManitoba.CA" Subj: stress indicators? Colleagues I would also be very interested in the comments on this question. Nora nlewis@ms.umanitoba.ca From: IN%"gosparks1@worldnet.att.net" "parsons" 23-SEP-1997 21:37:37.40 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: New Sociobiology This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_kCT6TPF0TeXmq7HPrRU71Q) Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable I am beginning my graduate program in Biology. I am in the process of = generating a list of potential research topics in Sociobiology. Any = feedback you might offer in relation to your own specific interests = would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in Advance,=20 Michael Parsons =20 --Boundary_(ID_kCT6TPF0TeXmq7HPrRU71Q) Content-type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable

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--Boundary_(ID_kCT6TPF0TeXmq7HPrRU71Q)-- From: IN%"appleby@petbcent.demon.co.uk" "David Appleby" 24-SEP-1997 09:25:06.86 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" "Applied-ethology" CC: Subj: The Waltham APBC Feline Symposium 1997 Waltham and the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors invite you to the 2nd Feline Symposium *The Natural Cat* (29/9/97) which promises to be an entertaining and highly informative day for everyone who has an interest in cats. The programme will consist of five papers each given by top speakers in their field. You will find full details at: http://webzone1.co.uk/www/apbc/natural.htm Best Wishes. David ---------------------------------------- Name:David Appleby Address:The Pet Behaviour Centre, Upper street, Defford, Worcestershire. WR8 9AB.England. Phone:+44(0)1386 750615 Fax:+44(0)1386 750743 E-mail:appleby@petbcent.demon.co.uk WWW: http://webzone1.co.uk/www/apbc/pbc.htm ---------------------------------------- From: IN%"appleby@petbcent.demon.co.uk" "David Appleby" 25-SEP-1997 01:36:27.42 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" "Applied-ethology" CC: Subj: The correct date for the 2nd WALTHAM - APBC feline symposium. Dear all Sorry the correct date for the 2nd WALTHAM - APBC feline symposium is 29/11/97 Waltham and the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors 2nd Feline Symposium *The Natural Cat* (29/11/97) which promises to be an entertaining and highly informative day. The programme will consist of five papers each given by top speakers in their field. You will find full details at: http://webzone1.co.uk/www/apbc/natural.htm Best wishes. David ---------------------------------------- Name:David Appleby Address:The Pet Behaviour Centre, Upper street, Defford, Worcestershire. WR8 9AB.England. Phone:+44(0)1386 750615 Fax:+44(0)1386 750743 E-mail:appleby@petbcent.demon.co.uk WWW: http://webzone1.co.uk/www/apbc/pbc.htm ---------------------------------------- From: IN%"lfell@metz.une.edu.au" "Lloyd Fell" 25-SEP-1997 04:51:46.59 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: RE: stress indicators Joe Stookey raised questions about blood analyses in newly-weaned calves. Over the last three years we have measured the following blood parameters in beef cattle (7 months to 2 years old) in weaning and feedlot situations to compare stressful treatments and to study differences between animals: Plasma cortisol (and salivary cortisol), red blood cells (and haemoglobins etc), total white blood cells and differential counts (particularly lymphocytes, neutrophils and eosinophils), platelets, lymphocyte proliferation (using Con A and PHA), neutrophil myeloperoxidase, NK cells, interleukin 2 receptors, lymphocyte types CD4, CD5, CD8, WC1 and T19, and plasma and salivary IgG and IgA. In addition we were able to measure adrenal gland morphology and histology because the animals were killed on completion of some trials. Many behavioural measurements were also made. As you can probably see we were defining stress mainly in terms of Moberg's pre-pathological state. In summary the ones that we found useful to distinguish animals or treatments (apart from adrenal morphology and histology) were: Red and white blood cell counts and lymphocyte to neutrophil ratio (possibly also CD4 to CD8 ratio, CD5 and WC1). We found that the immune competence of cattle was very resilient to stressors; that (good old) haematology was more useful than most of the other (more expensive, newer) measures of cellular or humoral function we used. One method we use to analyse the results is to compare z-scores for feedlot animals against the mean value of control groups at pasture. Stephen Wilson and Lloyd Fell ________________________________________________ Dr Lloyd Fell Ph: +61 2 6770 1814 NSW Agriculture Fax: +61 2 6770 1830 University of New England Armidale NSW 2351 Australia lfell@metz.une.edu.au From: IN%"aladd@zoo.uvm.edu" "Alison E. Ladd" 25-SEP-1997 19:23:23.61 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" "applied ethology network" CC: Subj: Maternal behaviour in dogs... Hello all, Can anyone think of an interesting, unusual maternal behaviour in bitches after birth? I can't seem to find any case studies on anything abnormal and I need to write a paper... If anyone has any ideas, thank you in advance. Sincerely, Alison Ladd 36 Clymer St. Burlington, VT 05401 aladd@zoo.uvm.edu From: IN%"rstr6415@uriacc.uri.edu" 26-SEP-1997 09:16:11.54 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: new subscriber introduction Hello - my name is Ruth Strain. I am a senior at the University of Rhode Island studying animal science with an emphasis on behavior. Two summers ago I was very fortunate to attend the International Society for Applied Ethology conference at Guelph. This experience, coupled with experiences gained through over three years of volunteer work with small animals at an Animal Rescue League, and with farm animals at a historic farm in our community, have led me to pursue this field. I am currently engaged in a research project involving the cats at the Rescue League. My hypothesis involves the treatment the cats receive from the kennel workers. I believe it has a great impact on their well being, and ultimately on their adoptability. I feel that these workers should be more than minimum wage cage cleaners; that they need to be educated in animal behavior in order to provide compassionate and watchful care. As part of the project I am writing an education program and will be training the workers. I want to include information which deals with cats' physical comfort, spacial perceptions, "natural" behaviors such as covering feces, and the effects of human and inter-cat socialization on cat behavior. I will, of course, consult the usual journal resources for information. What I am seeking is advice from anyone who has found a particular journal article to be more exciting, interesting, informative...than others. Thank you. I am very excited to be a part of this network. From: IN%"C.M.E.Ryan@exeter.ac.uk" "room 016 wsl-Animal behaviour" 29-SEP-1997 09:28:33.83 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: rabbit rapists Hello all, I act as a volunteer home-checker for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA). Recently an RSPCA inspector surprised a rabbit in the act of raping a guinea-pig (the animals were housed together). The g-pig showed every sign of resenting this, but the rabbit was so persistent that the poor g-pig got little peace (though it appeared to show no ill-effects afterwards). As a result, the RSPCA will no longer allow rabbits to go to homes where they will be sharing accommodation with guinea-pigs...... When I first heard this tale I was extremely sceptical. I still am - but also intrigued enough to send this message. According to received RSPCA wisdom, rabbits of both sexes routinely rape guinea-pigs. Has anybody out there observed this behaviour? Is it widespread? Does it only occur when a single rabbit is housed with a guinea-pig? Is it space-dependent? I look forward to receiving some interesting replies....! Yours bemused but open-minded, Catriona Ryan.********************* Dept. of Psychology Washington Singer Labs Room No: 016 University of Exeter Perry Road Exeter EX4 4QG, UK FAX +44 1392 264623 **************************************************************************** From: IN%"schwartzkopf@sask.usask.ca" 29-SEP-1997 17:28:13.09 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" "applied-ethology" CC: Subj: Info on current bruise research Dear applied ethology: I am currently writing a report for the Canadian Cattlemen's Association (CCA) on bruising in beef cattle. The report is a review of past and current bruise research. The CCA is using this information as a guide for allocating funding to address the bruising problem. At this time I am trying to collect information on current bruise studies (national and international). If possible, I would like anyone that knows of or is currently involved in bruise research to e-mail(to me) a brief description of their work, who they are and where they are located. No data or results are necessary as the reason for collecting this information is to give the (CCA) an idea of what work is already being conducted. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Any names or email addresses of people working in this area would be helpful. A copy of this report can be obtained from the CCA by contacting: Peggy Strankman #215, 6715 8th St. N. E. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2E 7H7 Tel: (403) 275-8558 Fax: (403) 274-5686 Thank you for your time Dr. Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein -------------------------------------------------------------------- Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein email: schwartzkopf@sask.usask.ca Dept. of Herd Medicine and Theriogenology Western College of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada S7N 5B4 (306) 966-7170 (Office) (306) 966-7149 (Fax) -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: IN%"schwartzkopf@sask.usask.ca" 29-SEP-1997 17:34:17.71 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" "applied-ethology" CC: Subj: Info on current bruise research Dear Applied Ethology: I am currently writing a report for the Canadian Cattlemen's Association (CCA) on bruising in beef cattle. The report is a review of past and current bruise research. The CCA is using this information as a guide for allocating funding to address the bruising problem. At this time I am trying to collect information on current bruise studies (national and international). If possible, I would like anyone that knows of or is currently involved in bruise research to e-mail (to me) a brief description of their work, who they are and where they are located. No data or results are necessary as the reason for collecting this information is to give the (CCA) an idea of what work is already being conducted. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. The name and email addresses of people working in this area would also be helpful. A copy of this report can be obtained from the CCA by contacting: Peggy Strankman #215, 6715 8th St. N. E. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2E 7H7 Tel: (403) 275-8558 Fax: (403) 274-5686 Thank you for your time Dr. Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein -------------------------------------------------------------------- Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein email: schwartzkopf@sask.usask.ca Dept. of Herd Medicine and Theriogenology Western College of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada S7N 5B4 (306) 966-7170 (Office) (306) 966-7149 (Fax) -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: IN%"mike.mendl@bristol.ac.uk" 30-SEP-1997 04:00:10.92 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: postdoc position University of Bristol, Department of Clinical Veterinary Science Postdoctoral research assistant in animal behaviour and cognition _________________________________________________________________ The above post doc position is available from 1st Jan 1998. Brief details of the post are given at the end of this message. For further information and application details please contact: University of Bristol Personnel Office: tel: +44 (0)117 925 6450 minicom: +44 (0)117 928 8894 email: Recruitment@bris.ac.uk (give your postal address and job ref) Quote job reference F584 Closing date: October 10th 1997 _____________________________________________________________________ Brief job details Applications are invited for a three-year postdoctoral research position available from January 1st 1998 on a BBSRC funded project to investigate social behaviour and cognition in the domestic pig. An understanding of animal mind and socially induced stress are major goals in animal welfare research. To this end, this project will examine the sophistication of pig social tactics in a competitive foraging situation, and the ability of pigs to evaluate the knowledge and aggressive propensities of other individuals. Dr Mike Mendl will supervise the project in collaboration with Prof. Richard Byrne of St Andrews University. Applicants should have a PhD in zoology (behavioural science), psychology, agriculture, or a related biological science. The appointment will be on the Research Assistant grade 1A scale depending on age and experience. Salary range: 15159 - 19371 UK pounds (max. starting salary: 17606 UK pounds) From: IN%"theix.inst-elevage@wanadoo.fr" "Institut de l'Elevage - Antenne de Theix" 30-SEP-1997 06:51:43.41 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: INFO on housing and transport research Dear Applied Ethology, I am working at the Institut de l'Elevage in France, which is a technic institute, working on cattle and sheep production. The institut is "located" between research institutes like INRA and farmers. Our work is to inform public and farmers on research progress in order to improve their production methods, and to answer their questions by conducting research programs in interaction or not with research institutes. We are now working on animal's welfare in relation to housing/rearing systems and transportation (on cattle, pigs, poultry and sheep). If possible, I would like people currently involved in these subjects to e-mail me a description of their work, who they are and where they are located. Thanks for answering C. Sarignac From: IN%"tapir@tapirback.com" "Tapir" 30-SEP-1997 11:07:12.50 To: IN%"C.M.E.Ryan@exeter.ac.uk" "room 016 wsl-Animal behaviour" CC: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" Subj: RE: rabbit rapists Am I right in believing that when adult male rabbits are housed together one of them may be "raped" by others? Is the recipient resistant, passive or pleased? What is RSPCA policy on housing male rabbits together? ******************* Dr. Iain Christison Animal and Poultry Science University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon S7N 5B5, Canada iain.christison@usask.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sheryl Todd ~ The Tapir Gallery ~ Tapir Preservation Fund http://www.tapirback.com/tapirgal/ tapir@tapirback.com Tapir Talk info & archives: http://www.tapirback.com/tapirgal/tt.htm Deputy Chair, IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group Co-Editor, IUCN/SSC TSG Newsletter P.O. Box 1432, Palisade, CO 81526 USA Fax (970) 464-0377 "Promoting the Welfare of Tapirs Everywhere" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~