| Temporal association between food distribution and human caregiver presence and the development of affinity to humans in lambs. | |
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PMID: 18286582 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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The presence of the caregiver around feeding favors the development of a human-animal relationship. To understand the underlying mechanism, we tested various temporal associations between food distribution and human presence: from an early age, a person was repeatedly present for 2 min just before milk distribution ("Forward"), during milk distribution ("Simultaneous"), and 20 min afterwards ("Delayed"). The "Control" group received no human contacts. During the treatments, "Forward" and "Delayed" lambs had more physical contacts with the person than "Simultaneous" lambs. When tested in unfamiliar environments, they stood longer near the person than did "Control" or "Simultaneous" lambs, which did not differ. Only "Forward" and "Delayed" lambs bleated when separated from the person. Fasting before testing had no effect. "Forward" and "Delayed" seemed to produce the same human-animal relationship, showing that this did not rely only on a conditioning process associating the caregiver with food. The caregiver may acquire properties for social support through other mechanisms (attachment and/or postingestive effects). |
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Authors:
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Céline Tallet; Isabelle Veissier; Xavier Boivin |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Developmental psychobiology Volume: 50 ISSN: 1098-2302 ISO Abbreviation: Dev Psychobiol Publication Date: 2008 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-02-26 Completed Date: 2008-04-07 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0164074 Medline TA: Dev Psychobiol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 147-59 Citation Subset: IM |
Copyright Information:
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(c) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
Affiliation:
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INRA Centre de Recherche de Clermont-Ferrand/Theix, Unité de Recherches sur les Herbivores, Adaptation et Comportements Sociaux, F-63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France. |
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Animals Animals, Newborn Appetitive Behavior* Bonding, Human-Pet* Conditioning, Classical Exploratory Behavior Feeding Behavior* Female Humans Hunger Motivation Object Attachment* Reinforcement Schedule Satiety Response Sheep / psychology* Social Support |
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