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Biblioteca(s): | INIA Tacuarembó.
Fecha corriente: | 24/03/2021
Fecha de la última actualización: | 24/03/2021
Autoria: | COSTA, F.D.O.; VALENTE, T.S.; DE TOLEDO, L.M.; AMBRÓSIO, L.A.; DEL CAMPO, M.; PARANHOS DA COSTA, M.J.R.
Afiliación: | FRANCIELY DE OLIVEIRA COSTA, UNESP, Faculdade de Ciencias Agrarias e Veterinarias, Programa de pos-Graduaçao em Zootecnia, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil: Centro Universitario Doutor Leao Sampaio, Juazeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil; TIAGO S. VALENTE, UNESP, Faculdade de Ciencias Agrarias e Veterinarias, Departamento de Zootecnia, 14884-900, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil: Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; LUCIANDRA MACEDO DE TOLEDO, Instituto de Zootecnia, SAA/APTA, Nova Odessa, SP, Brazil; LUÍS ALBERTO AMBROSIO, Instituto de Zootecnia, SAA/APTA, Nova Odessa, SP, Brazil; MARCIA DEL CAMPO GIGENA, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay; MATEUS J.R. PARANHOS DA COSTA, UNESP, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zootecnia, SP, Brazil: UNESP, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Brazil; Pesquisador do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnologico, Brazil.
Título: | A conceptual model of the human-animal relationships dynamics during newborn handling on cow-calf operation farms.
Año de publicación: | 2021
Fuente/Imprenta: | Livestock Science, 2021, Volume 246, Article number 104462. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2021.104462
DOI: | 10.1016/j.livsci.2021.104462
Idioma: | Español
Notas: | Article history: Received 24 August 2020, Revised 23 February 2021, Accepted 24 February 2021, Available online 28 February 2021. Acknowledgements: We appreciated the support of Coordenaçao de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES, Finance Code 001), which had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The study was part of the doctoral thesis of the first author, prepared for the Graduate Program in Animal Science at S? ao Paulo State University, Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil. Appreciation is expressed to the manager and staff of Fazenda Sao ? Marcelo (Juruena, MT, Brazil) for offering the opportunity for data collection and given total support during the period that we stayed among them.
Contenido: | ABSTRACT: Neonate calves are usually handled a day after birth for navel care and identification. During this procedure the newly calved cows usually become agitated and, in some cases, exhibit aggressive behavior toward humans, increasing the risk of accidents for both, humans and animals. In order to understand the dynamic relationships between cow, calf, and cowhand?s behavior expressed in this particular situation, a conceptual model was built by using the system dynamics methodology. Three dynamic hypotheses were formulated regarding the causeeffect relationship between: i) livestock-handling quality and maternal aggressiveness; ii) livestock-handling quality and newborn calf reactivity, and; iii) newborn calf reactivity and maternal aggressiveness. The first two hypotheses indicated that the improvement (increase) in handling quality will cause an effect in the opposite direction, decreasing cows aggressiveness and calfs reactivity towards the cowhands. The third hypothesis indicated that the greater the calfs reactivity, the greater will be the cow?s aggressiveness, interconnecting cowcalf behaviors. Moreover, the cow, calf, and cowhand subsystems are also comprised of other variables such as human and animal welfare and the occurrence of labor accidents. The combination of these three subsystems constituted a complex general dynamic model highlighting the connection among all agents involved in newborn handling procedure. Despite the complexity it is possible to identify components that promote, simultaneously, human and animal welfare when carrying out newborn calves handling procedures, offering opportunities to develop and adopt system management strategies. In this way, to reduce the risks of labor accidents and the impoverishment of overall welfare it is necessary to focus on three different factors, as follow: i) human behavior, ii) animal behavior, and iii) handling facilities. Thus, it is recommended to implement human capacity-building courses, the culling of aggressive cows and the use of appropriate facilities for the handling of newborn calves.
Palabras-Clave: | BUENAS PRÁCTICAS DE MANIPULACIÓN; CAUSAL LOOP DIAGRAM; COW AGGRESSIVENESS; GOOD PRACYICES OF HANDING; MATERNAL PROTECTIVE BEHAVIOR.
Thesagro: | BIENESTAR ANIMAL; GANADERÍA.
Categoría del tema: | L01 Ganadería
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