Effects of neonatal experience on sheep behaviour
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Channel: The Royal Society · 2014 · Science & Technology
A paper published in Biology Letters studies the effects that an individual’s experiences during early life may have on its later behaviour and coping ability and, in some cases, that of its offspring. Here the authors discuss their findings that female sheep who, as newborns, had experienced a standard husbandry procedure, tail-docking without pain-relief, or a simulated mild infection, showed more pain-related behaviour when giving birth to their first lambs than did females who had not had these experiences. Variations in early-life management can therefore have important long-term implications for animal health and welfare. For more information see: http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/10/7/20140273
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