Pelt Biting as a Practical Indicator of Social and Environment Stress in Farmed Red Deer

Agonistic behavioural interactions play a decisive role in the competition for food, space, mating opportunities, and establishing social rank. We used pelt biting (number of bites on an animal’s body) as a proxy for assessing the intensity of agonistic animal interactions and how it responded to so...

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Autores principales:	Francisco Javier Pérez-Barbería, Andrés José García, María López-Quintanilla, Tomás Landete-Castillejos
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	agonistic interactions animal welfare indicator stress red deer management Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d2ab6efd7a954a13b2a2181ac7c282942021-11-25T16:16:31ZPelt Biting as a Practical Indicator of Social and Environment Stress in Farmed Red Deer10.3390/ani111131342076-2615https://doaj.org/article/d2ab6efd7a954a13b2a2181ac7c282942021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/11/3134https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2615Agonistic behavioural interactions play a decisive role in the competition for food, space, mating opportunities, and establishing social rank. We used pelt biting (number of bites on an animal’s body) as a proxy for assessing the intensity of agonistic animal interactions and how it responded to social, population, and heat stress factors. We modelled a 14-year time series of pelt biting records and observational data of agonistic interactions on a population of captive Iberian red deer (<i>Cervus elaphus</i>). We found that (i) the higher the social rank of deer, the lower the number of pelt bites received; (ii) increasing heat stress conditions caused deer to suffer more pelt bites; (iii) males received more bites than females; (iv) the heavier the deer, the lower the number of bites on their bodies; (v) the bigger the group, the more bites exhibited on its members; (vi) deer 5–6 years old suffered greater rate of pelt biting than younger or older deer; and (vii) hinds that gave birth earlier in the parturition period suffered less pelt biting than those that gave birth around the peak of the parturition season (<i>p</i> < 0.01 for all effects). Pelt biting is useful to predict management situations in which deer welfare could be at stake.Francisco Javier Pérez-BarberíaAndrés José GarcíaMaría López-QuintanillaTomás Landete-CastillejosMDPI AGarticleagonistic interactionsanimal welfare indicatorstressred deermanagementVeterinary medicineSF600-1100ZoologyQL1-991ENAnimals, Vol 11, Iss 3134, p 3134 (2021)
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description	Agonistic behavioural interactions play a decisive role in the competition for food, space, mating opportunities, and establishing social rank. We used pelt biting (number of bites on an animal’s body) as a proxy for assessing the intensity of agonistic animal interactions and how it responded to social, population, and heat stress factors. We modelled a 14-year time series of pelt biting records and observational data of agonistic interactions on a population of captive Iberian red deer (<i>Cervus elaphus</i>). We found that (i) the higher the social rank of deer, the lower the number of pelt bites received; (ii) increasing heat stress conditions caused deer to suffer more pelt bites; (iii) males received more bites than females; (iv) the heavier the deer, the lower the number of bites on their bodies; (v) the bigger the group, the more bites exhibited on its members; (vi) deer 5–6 years old suffered greater rate of pelt biting than younger or older deer; and (vii) hinds that gave birth earlier in the parturition period suffered less pelt biting than those that gave birth around the peak of the parturition season (<i>p</i> < 0.01 for all effects). Pelt biting is useful to predict management situations in which deer welfare could be at stake.
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author	Francisco Javier Pérez-Barbería Andrés José García María López-Quintanilla Tomás Landete-Castillejos
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title	Pelt Biting as a Practical Indicator of Social and Environment Stress in Farmed Red Deer
title_short	Pelt Biting as a Practical Indicator of Social and Environment Stress in Farmed Red Deer
title_full	Pelt Biting as a Practical Indicator of Social and Environment Stress in Farmed Red Deer
title_fullStr	Pelt Biting as a Practical Indicator of Social and Environment Stress in Farmed Red Deer
title_full_unstemmed	Pelt Biting as a Practical Indicator of Social and Environment Stress in Farmed Red Deer
title_sort	pelt biting as a practical indicator of social and environment stress in farmed red deer
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
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Pelt Biting as a Practical Indicator of Social and Environment Stress in Farmed Red Deer

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