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Effects of Environmental Enrichment on Behaviours and Welfare of Meriz Goat

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Last updated: 23 Jan 2023

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Animal behaviour/ management

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the behaviour of Meriz goats using environmental enrichment technique. Sixteen goats aged two-four years, were divided into two equal groups, one group was placed in a stall without any enrichment (control), while the other group placed in another stall with enrichment. The enriched stall had six objects including canopy, grooming brush, suspended tire, trunk of tree, and plastic PET bottle suspended and freely move on the floor. The goats' behaviours were observed for eighty minutes in the morning and eighty minutes in the evening for fifteen consecutive days. Focal-animal sampling methods were used to record the behaviours, in which each animal was observed for ten-minutes period each day. Results revealed that the animals of enriched environment group displayed lower frequency of stereotypic and abnormal behaviour than control group. The mean frequencies of the groups were significantly different (P

DOI

10.21608/avmj.2021.88410.1005

Keywords

Animal Welfare, Ethology, Enriched environment, Goat

Authors

First Name

Nawroz

Last Name

Kakarash

MiddleName

Akram

Affiliation

1Department of Anatomy and histopathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani, New Sulaimani, Street 27, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Northern Iraq

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nawroz.kakarash@univsul.edu.iq

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First Name

Dereen

Last Name

Ramzi

MiddleName

Omer

Affiliation

2Department of Basic sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani, New Sulaimani, Street 27, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Northern Iraq

Email

dereen.rami@univsul.edu.iq

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First Name

Dana

Last Name

Ismaeel

MiddleName

Omer

Affiliation

3Department of surgery and theriogenology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani, New Sulaimani, Street 27, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Northern Iraq

Email

dana.ismaeel@univsul.edu.iq

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First Name

Hardi

Last Name

Marif

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4Department of Clinic and Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani, New Sulaimani, Street 27, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Northern Iraq

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hardi.marif@univsul.edu.iq

City

Sulaimani

Orcid

0000-0002-8940-396X

Volume

67

Article Issue

170

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25732

Issue Date

2021-07-01

Receive Date

2021-06-27

Publish Date

2021-07-01

Page Start

11

Page End

18

Print ISSN

1012-5973

Online ISSN

2314-5226

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AVMJ_Volume 67_Issue 170_Pages 11-18.pdf

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1,840

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Publication Title

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal

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23 Jan 2023