Can a social partner alleviate conditioned place aversion caused by isolation and pain in dairy calves?
- Description:
- Social buffering occurs when the presence of a partner mitigates the stress response of an individual. In two experiments, we assessed the effects of social buffering in dairy calves, with and without a known conspecific, when either subjected to isolation from the larger group (Experiment 1; n = 12) or to recovery from the painful procedure of hot-iron disbudding (Experiment 2; n = 25). In Experiment 2, we also tested whether the level of fearfulness of each calf and the frequency of interactions between the two calves affected the degree of buffering. In both experiments the effects of buffering were assessed using a conditioned place aversion paradigm, with the prediction that calves would find experiences less aversive when exposed to the stressor with a conspecific. All calves were exposed to two conditioning treatments (i.e., exposed alone or with a ‘support’ partner), each session lasted 6 h each and were 48 h apart. Conditioned place aversion tests (with calves tested alone) occurred at 48, 72, 96 h after the second treatment. We found no evidence of social buffering for responses to either isolation from the group or the recovery from the painful experience. The number of physical interactions between the calves during treatment and the fearfulness of the calves also did not account for the individual variation observed.
- Nogues, Emeline, Ede, Thomas, , Weary, D.M et von Keyserlingk, M.A.G
- Contributor(s):
- Nogues, Emeline et von Keyserlingk, Marina A.G.
- Dépôt source:
- UBC Dataverse
- Series:
- UBC Research Data Collection
- Éditeur(s):
- Borealis
- Accès:
- Public
- License:
- CC-BY 4.0
- URL:
- https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/BB2KDA
- Date de publication:
- 2023-07-31
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- Identificateur:
- https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/BB2KDA
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