Applied Animal Behaviour Science最新文献

{"title":"The difference in roaming behavior between owned and unowned dogs in a satoyama landscape area","authors":"Tsung-Han Kuo ,&nbsp;Gau-Ming Chang ,&nbsp;Pin-Huan Yu ,&nbsp;Wei-Hsuan Chen ,&nbsp;Shih-Ching Yen","doi":"10.1016/j.applanim.2025.106521","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.applanim.2025.106521","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The One Health approach aims to achieve the joint health of humans, animals, and the environment, which will contribute to human survival and ecosystem sustainability. One of the major threats to One Health is free-roaming dogs, including owned unrestricted dogs and unowned dogs, which are common in many areas of the world and can potentially transmit diseases to humans and wildlife. Studying their roaming behavior can help evaluate the epidemic patterns of dog-caused infectious diseases. However, previous studies on roaming behavior have focused mainly on owned dogs. In this study, we aimed to examine and compare the roaming patterns of both owned and unowned dogs. We hypothesized that unowned dogs, which have no stable food sources and home to rely on, will exhibit greater roaming behavior than will owned dogs. By using a global positioning system (GPS) tracking technique, a total of 12 owned dogs and 10 unowned dogs were tracked during 2019–2021 in Yangmingshan, Taiwan, which is a satoyama landscape area. Generalized linear model analyses suggested that the most important factor influencing roaming behavior was ownership status, with unowned dogs having a 742 % larger home range size (163.3 ± 135.3 ha versus 22.0 ± 23.5 ha; mean ± SD), 867 % larger core area size (5.2 ± 5.5 ha versus 0.6 ± 0.4 ha), 5800 % farther distance from artificial environments (58 m versus 1 m; median), and a 529 % higher proportion using natural environments (68.3 ± 16.0 % versus 12.9 ± 8.8 %) than owned dogs. We found no detectable effect of sex, sterilization status, or weight. In addition, unowned dogs were closer to roads and artificial environments on weekends than on weekdays, probably due to human activities attracting them, while owned dogs did not show temporal variation in space use<strong>.</strong> Our results clearly suggest that dogs' roaming behavior is mainly affected by human factors. The range of roaming for unowned dogs was wider and more in-depth in natural environments than that for owned dogs, potentially posing greater risks to public health and wildlife conservation. Decreasing the number of unowned dogs and improving responsible ownership would be the primary management objectives in satoyama landscapes to achieve the One Health goal.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8222,"journal":{"name":"Applied Animal Behaviour Science","volume":"283 ","pages":"Article 106521"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143163278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effects of owner-cat interaction on oxytocin secretion in pet cats with different attachment styles","authors":"Hao Chang ,&nbsp;Jie Zhang ,&nbsp;Haitao Huang ,&nbsp;Edgar O. Aviles-Rosa ,&nbsp;Huiwen Huang ,&nbsp;Yan Guo ,&nbsp;Zaili Xiao ,&nbsp;Qingshen Liu ,&nbsp;Baichuan Deng ,&nbsp;Lingna Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.applanim.2025.106524","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.applanim.2025.106524","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The caretaking and interactive style of owners affect the behavioral health of pets. Research has indicated that attachment style is correlated to the social-cognitive ability and behavioral health of dogs, and oxytocin might be involved in the human-dog affiliative social interaction and emotional attachment. Studies that evaluate the relationship between attachment behavior, owner-cat interaction, and the potential roles of oxytocin are non-existent in pet cats. To address the current gap in knowledge, we recruited 30 pet cats of different attachment styles, as determined by the secure base test (SBT) and observed behaviors of the cats and owners during the free owner-cat interaction. Salivary samples were collected in cats before and after the owner-cat interactions for the detection of oxytocin. Additionally, a questionnaire was conducted to collect individual and behavior-related information of cats. Oxytocin release during free-owner-cat interaction varied in cats of different attachment styles. Oxytocin increased in securely attached cats (<em>P</em> = 0.03) whereas it tended to decrease in cats with an anxious attachment (<em>P</em> = 0.08). The baseline salivary oxytocin in cats of anxious attachment was at higher level (<em>P</em> = 0.03) than securely attached cats. Cats of different attachment styles interacted differentially with their owners (<em>P</em> = 0.02). Overall, securely attached cats initiated more interactions, showed more approach-hovering behavior and fewer escape attempts, and their owners exhibited less forced interactions in comparison with owners of insecurely attached cats. Cat approach-hovering behavior was positively correlated to an increase in oxytocin during free owner-cat interaction (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.01) and negatively correlated to the baseline oxytocin (<em>P</em> = 0.01). Cats with secure attachment style also showed fewer behavioral problems and had lower fear score (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.01) compared to insecurely attached cats. In summary, we found that cats of different attachment styles varied in their occurrence of behavioral problems, and exhibited different interactive style with owners and change of oxytocin during owner-cat interaction which is likely due to the varied basal oxytocin in cats of different attachment styles. The reason for the varied basal oxytocin levels in cats of different attachment styles requires further study. The results of the current study increased our understanding of the relationship of human-cat interaction and cat attachment behavior, and the oxytocin-related endocrinal mechanism that might be underlining the emotional connection between pet cats and owners.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8222,"journal":{"name":"Applied Animal Behaviour Science","volume":"283 ","pages":"Article 106524"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143162383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing the circadian rhythm of cats living in a group using accelerometers","authors":"Alia Chebly ,&nbsp;Alix Enault ,&nbsp;Leslie Moinet ,&nbsp;Thierry Bedossa ,&nbsp;Sarah Jeannin ,&nbsp;Thierry Legou","doi":"10.1016/j.applanim.2025.106523","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.applanim.2025.106523","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Biological rhythms play a vital role in an organism’s survival, helping it align with environmental conditions like temperature, daylight, humidity, and available food. Research on the rhythmic behaviors of domestic cats remains sparse, and existing studies have produced varying results. This study aims to deepen our understanding of biological rhythms in domestic cats living in groups by using embedded accelerometers to track their activity patterns. Twelve cats from the AVA shelter in Cuy-Saint-Fiacre, France, wore collars with IMU sensors over a period of approximately three weeks, generating data that allowed us to quantify their activity patterns and explore their biological rhythms. Using this data, we calculated the cats' time budgets, categorizing behaviors into active and inactive states, and examined their day/night activity distribution as well as their hourly activity levels. Results showed that the cats were active 14.86 % of the day, on average, with higher activity levels during the day than at night. Moreover, a bimodal activity pattern with increased activity at the time of the caretaker's interventions at feeding time was found. These findings provide insights into the daily rhythms of domestic cats living in groups and highlight the influence of human interactions on their activity patterns.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8222,"journal":{"name":"Applied Animal Behaviour Science","volume":"283 ","pages":"Article 106523"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143162377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sensor-based activity patterns of healthy calves housed in large groups","authors":"Dengsheng Sun ,&nbsp;Gwenaël G.R. Leday ,&nbsp;P.P.J. van der Tol ,&nbsp;Laura E. Webb ,&nbsp;C.G. van Reenen","doi":"10.1016/j.applanim.2024.106493","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.applanim.2024.106493","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Young calves are susceptible to disease. Studies indicate that calf activity often changes prior to a clinical diagnosis. Accelerometers can monitor activity continuously, offering an opportunity for early detection of disease in individual reared calves, based on deviation from their ‘normal’ activity patterns. This requires the prior understanding of these ‘normal’ activity patterns in healthy calves. This study aimed at describing the group activity patterns of healthy group-housed calves. Holstein and crossbred calves (n = 231; 17 ± 4 d of age at arrival) were housed in six large pens (N = 38 ± 2 calves per pen). Calves had milk replacer via automated milk feeders twice or three times daily and <em>ad libitum</em> access to solid feed. High frequency activity data were continuously recorded from 6 to 28 weeks of age using leg accelerometers. Clinical examination was performed twice per week between 8 and 25 weeks of age, whereby any symptom of disease was scored based on the severity, and summed to reach a total ‘health score’. Activity data from sick calf days between two healthy days were extrapolated to surrounding ‘none-health monitoring’ days between the corresponding two healthy days. Generalized additive models with a Gaussian response were used to estimate daily group patterns of ‘being active’ and ‘being inactive’ per week, corrected for trends over time/age. Four features were extracted from the data and used in the model based on weekly averages: number of peaks, time (of the day) at which peaks occurred, the height (i.e. absolute value) of each peak, and the proportion of the night activity. The results showed that normal activity patterns can be described using the above features. The number of peaks in activity in a day went from 4 to 3 over the fattening period, with most peaks corresponding to availability times of new milk replacer. A peak in activity was consistently observed prior to darkness. Night-time activity was consistently around 20 % between 8 and 20 weeks of age and gradually increased to 27 % between 21 and 25 weeks of age. A leave-one-out analysis showed a medium accuracy (0.646) of using the fitted model to predict activity patterns of individual calves, indicating that most calves deviate in some way from this average pattern. The next steps are to identify which factors (e.g. personality, weight) lead to individual differences between calves in terms of activity and to develop valid models to detect deviations indicative of health issues in calves.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8222,"journal":{"name":"Applied Animal Behaviour Science","volume":"283 ","pages":"Article 106493"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143162658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Grazing time of dairy cows recorded using two devices based on accelerometers","authors":"Romain Guyard,&nbsp;Rémy Delagarde","doi":"10.1016/j.applanim.2025.106515","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.applanim.2025.106515","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Investigating grazing behaviour of dairy cattle requires accurately recording their daily grazing time. Unfortunately, commercially available devices are often not validated for the degree of precision required in animal science at the cow × day level. In two studies, the ability of the Feed’Live® device (New Medria) to accurately estimate daily grazing time of dairy cows was investigated. It contains a triaxial accelerometer whose raw data, once processed by New Medria, provides the dominant activity for 5-min periods: intake, rumination, overactivity or other activity. Feed’Live data were compared to those from the Lifecorder Plus (Kenz) device, which contains a uniaxial accelerometer, used in the study as reference values for actual grazing time due to its known high accuracy thanks to a large external validation. Twenty four dairy cows were simultaneously equipped with both devices for several weeks in study 1 (spring 2021) and study 2 (spring 2022), for a total of 1224 cow × day datapoints. Daily access time to pasture was either 19 h/day (861 cow × day datapoints) or 7 h/day (363 cow × day datapoints) according to the experimental treatments investigated. On the whole database, compared to the Lifecorder Plus, Feed’Live underestimated daily grazing time by 15 % (65 min/day), with a lower underestimation for cows having 19 h/day of access to pasture (11 %, 48 min/day), and a greater underestimation for cows having only 7 h/day of access to pasture (31 %, 107 min/day). The bias in the estimated grazing time between the two devices was strongly and positively correlated with the time of other activity. This is because Feed’Live failed to identify grazing as the main activity during several grazing sequences and sometimes missed entire grazing sequences. Most of the grazing activity that the Feed’Live failed to detect was classified as other activity, with no misclassification as rumination. Correcting grazing time by adding other activity time to it provided a much more accurate estimate of actual grazing time, with no more bias and an average mean prediction error of only 9 % at the cow × day level vs. 23 % without correction on the entire database. For cows having access to pasture only during daytime, the mean prediction error was reduced from 40 % to 6 % thanks to this correction. For scientific purposes, when data are available, actual grazing time can thus be estimated accurately by the Feed’Live by summing the times of grazing and other activity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8222,"journal":{"name":"Applied Animal Behaviour Science","volume":"283 ","pages":"Article 106515"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143163271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Regular play opportunities during the grow-finish phase improve pig trainability and learning in a cognitive bias test","authors":"Karolína Steinerová,&nbsp;Sarah E. Parker,&nbsp;Yolande M. Seddon","doi":"10.1016/j.applanim.2024.106502","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.applanim.2024.106502","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Promoting play behaviour could enhance pig welfare in intensive production systems. Play is associated with positive emotions, and regular play opportunities may positively alter pigs' affective states. The affective state of pigs can be indirectly assessed through a behavioural test that determines an optimistic or pessimistic cognitive bias (CB). This study explored whether grow-finish pigs reared with intermittent play promotion over nine weeks exhibited more optimistic CB compared to conventionally-housed pigs. A subsample of 18 pigs was selected from three treatments (6 pigs/treatment): i) Control (CON), ii) Novelty (NOV), and iii) Play pen (PLP). Play was promoted 3x/week with novel objects provided either in a home pen (NOV, 1 m²/pig) or a larger playpen (PLP, 2.9 m²/pig). At 19 weeks of age, pigs were trained to approach a 'hot spot' (GO/correct) with a positive sound cue (POS) reinforced with a positive reward or avoid it (NO-GO/correct) with a negative sound cue (NEG) reinforced with a negative experience. Afterwards, all pigs' CB was assessed using an ambiguous sound cue (AMB) in two tests (CBT) and GO/optimistic and NO-GO/pessimistic responses were recorded. In training, 66 % of NOV and PLP pigs successfully trained for CBT, while 0 % of CON pigs did (p = 0.036, Fisher’s exact). During testing, the proportion of optimistic responses to the AMB cue exhibited by pigs in trained NOV and PLP treatment groups did not differ from pigs in untrained CON group in CBT 1 (p = 0.751, Kruskal-Wallis) and CBT 2 (p = 0.595). For the POS cue, the proportion of correct responses of trained NOV and PLP treatment pigs was higher compared to pigs from untrained CON group in CBT 1 (at a tendency, p = 0.075) and CBT 2 (p = 0.011). Pigs from the three treatment groups did not differ in their proportions of correct responses to the NEG cue in either CBT. The pig-level proportion of fearful/aggressive behavioural reactions to the negative experience tended to be higher in CON compared to trained and untrained play (PLY) pigs (p = 0.072, Mann-Whitney). Four PLY pigs and one CON pig showed a bold reaction to the negative experience. Results suggest that rearing pigs in a more stimulating environment with play opportunities improves trainability and learning, possibly due to reduced fear. Due to collinearity between treatment and successful training, no conclusions can be drawn about the effect of play promotion on the pigs’ affective states. Future studies should refine CBT methods to enhance understanding of the relationship between play and affective states in pigs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8222,"journal":{"name":"Applied Animal Behaviour Science","volume":"283 ","pages":"Article 106502"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143163272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"","authors":"Dodi Siregar,&nbsp;Yohanes Nambut,&nbsp;Venansius Jerahu,&nbsp;Meysin Anjliany","doi":"10.1016/j.applanim.2025.106518","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.applanim.2025.106518","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8222,"journal":{"name":"Applied Animal Behaviour Science","volume":"283 ","pages":"Article 106518"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143163274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What a camera trap survey can reveal about the behaviour of an invasive species: Insights from coypus Myocastor coypus in an urban park of central Italy","authors":"Andrea Viviano ,&nbsp;Leonardo Ancillotto ,&nbsp;Olivia Dondina ,&nbsp;Alice Burchielli ,&nbsp;Daniela Miccolis ,&nbsp;Emiliano Mori","doi":"10.1016/j.applanim.2025.106534","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.applanim.2025.106534","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Assessing the behaviour of invasive alien species is fundamental for their management. Coypu occurrence outside the native range poses ecological and economic threats, and effective management strategies are crucial, particularly in urban areas where interactions with humans are the most frequent. In this work, we analysed the temporal patterns of activity and behavioural repertoire of an urban population of coypus in central Italy, by means of camera trapping and focal sampling. Activity rhythms and time budget were estimated throughout the year and compared across seasons, sexes, and age classes; overlaps in coypu activity patterns with co-occurring potential predators and competitors were also assessed. Differently from natural areas, coypus in our study site were primarily crepuscular and nocturnal, with a significant reduction in activity during bright moonlight periods to limit predation risk, showing a high overlap with red foxes (the main natural predator) but minimal overlap with humans and unleashed dogs. Coypus spent most of their time swimming and foraging. Adult males were territorial and were the only sex scent-marking on both land and woods. Adult females played a crucial role in protecting offspring, together with subadults, and defended dens with cubs from conspecific and other species. Playing was strictly a kit prerogative. In general, controlling coypu populations, as imposed by EU regulations, is challenging due to their adaptability and high reproductive rate. We suggest that trapping efforts should focus on night-time activities near water bodies during warmer months, when coypu are more active on the land and thus more likely to encounter land-based traps. Overall, this study provides valuable insights into the ecology and behaviour of coypu in urban environments, aiding in the development of effective management strategies to mitigate the species impacts on native biodiversity and environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8222,"journal":{"name":"Applied Animal Behaviour Science","volume":"284 ","pages":"Article 106534"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143100956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effect of training paradigm on dogs’ (Canis familiaris) acquisition and generalization of smokeless powders","authors":"S.A. Kane ,&nbsp;G.N. Cupp ,&nbsp;M. Rangel ,&nbsp;A. Medrano ,&nbsp;J. Davis-Miller ,&nbsp;C. Collins-Pisano ,&nbsp;B. Rogers ,&nbsp;D. Copeland ,&nbsp;L. Lazarowski ,&nbsp;P. Waggoner ,&nbsp;E.O. Aviles-Rosa ,&nbsp;P.A. Prada-Tiedemann ,&nbsp;N.J. Hall","doi":"10.1016/j.applanim.2025.106527","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.applanim.2025.106527","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Explosives detection canines need to be trained to detect a range of energetic variations at an efficient scale to meet the needs of public safety. The goal of this study was to determine which of three training paradigms most efficiently trained canines to detect eight smokeless powder (SP) varieties and to generalize to novel SP exemplars. Three training paradigms were compared: Sequential (dogs were trained to one odor at a time), Mixture (dogs were trained to a mixture of four SPs), and Inter-mixed (dogs were trained to four unmixed SPs within a session). SPME GC-MS was used to evaluate the volatile organic compound (VOC) profile of 18 SPs. We then identified four SPs that showed maximal VOC profile variation as the initial training targets and four related variants. The training paradigm had no effect on acquisition time. One anomalous SP was observed, where 12 of 18 dogs failed to reach criterion. Inter-mixed training led to higher rates of generalization across 10 untrained SP varieties compared to Sequential and Mixture training. Mixture and Sequential trained dogs did not differ in their generalization rates. Although Inter-mixed training led to higher rates of generalization, it did not produce proficiency in detection of all novel variants, with many variants (double and single base) producing &lt; 75 % response rates. Explicit training with some variants is still required with Inter-mixed training. A Partial Least Squares Regression (PLS), where the SPME GC/MS VOC peak areas for each detected VOC were used to predict canine nose hold time, explained 72 % of the variance in VOC data and 17 % of the variance in cumulative nose hold time. The VOCs with the highest variable importance was one VOC unique to Vihta Vuori® single bases, and two VOCs associated with Hodgdon® single bases, to which dogs showed poor generalization. Good to adequate generalization was observed across Hodgdon® double bases and Accurate® single and double bases. Overall, these results suggest that Inter-mixed training has important benefits in generalization; however, explicit training is needed to reach proficiency.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8222,"journal":{"name":"Applied Animal Behaviour Science","volume":"284 ","pages":"Article 106527"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143350177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The value of sniffing: A scoping review of scent activities for canines","authors":"Jade Fountain,&nbsp;Eduardo J. Fernandez,&nbsp;Todd J. McWhorter,&nbsp;Susan J. Hazel","doi":"10.1016/j.applanim.2024.106485","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.applanim.2024.106485","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Extensive literature exists on the performance and abilities of the canine nose when trained to detect odours and the effectiveness of dogs in their scent detection roles. However, little is known about how engaging in scent-based activities may impact the behaviour and physiology or be of benefit to dogs themselves. This is relevant as there has been rising interest in the use of recreational scent activities for companion dogs, modelled on working detection dogs, requiring dogs to search, locate and indicate on a trained odour. The purpose of this scoping review is to determine what behavioural and physiological changes occur during scent-based activities for dogs. We aimed to identify the existing scientific literature on the topic of scent-based activities for dogs, and to determine the behavioural and physiological changes occurring when dogs are exposed to environmental odours or trained to locate scents. We identified 27 studies for inclusion in this review, according to PRISMA guidelines. The 27 studies investigated responses in three populations of dogs: shelter dogs, working dogs and owned companion dogs. Studies of working dogs focused on changes in physiology and seldom on behaviour during trained search scent detection exercises, while in shelter and companion dogs, the research emphasis was on changes occurring in response to different odours introduced to the environment. Research into scent detection in working dogs currently explores many aspects of performance and sensitivity to odour. There is a notable research gap investigating the impact of participation in scent detection tasks on the behaviour and physiology and hence the welfare of dogs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8222,"journal":{"name":"Applied Animal Behaviour Science","volume":"282 ","pages":"Article 106485"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143152380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}