International Society for Applied Ethology 2017 - Book of Abstracts

245 Pages·2017·2.47 MB·English

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Proceedings of the
51st Congress of the
International Society for Applied Ethology
7-10th August 2017, Aarhus, Denmark
UNDERSTANDING
ANIMAL
BEHAVIOUR
edited by:
Margit Bak Jensen
Wageningen Academic
Mette S. Herskin P u b l i s h e r s
Jens Malmkvist
Applied ethology 2017
Understanding animal behaviour

I S A E 2 0 1 7
Proceedings of the 51st Congress of the
International Society for Applied Ethology
7-10 August 2017, Aarhus, Denmark
Understanding animal behaviour
edited by:
Margit Bak Jensen
Mette S. Herskin
Jens Malmkvist
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Welcome to the 51st Congress of ISAE
Understanding animal behaviour is the overall theme of this congress and the red thread
through the chosen scientific topics. This reflects our wish for focus on what we consider the
core of applied ethology. Understanding animal behaviour is essential in order to improve the
interaction between animals and the environments in which they are kept and to improve
animal welfare. We need to understand how the animals sense and perceive their world
beyond the human perspective, which is based almost only on vision. Animal affective states
are central for the concept of animal welfare, but to advance our assessment of these states
we have to understand animals’ learning and cognitive abilities. The potential, but also pitfalls,
of novel methods to study behavioural and physiological stress responses must be addressed
continuously. Many of the animals kept by man are social, and we need to understand social
behaviour in relation to their welfare, and especially because we rely on social behaviour when
animals are group housed. In addition, for many domestic animal species we rely on maternal
behaviour for neonatal development and survival. Animal behaviour is a key component in
ensuring animal welfare and functionality in extensively and intensively kept animals and
‘applying ethology in the keeping of animals’, thus putting the science to work is by number the
largest topic on this congress. We warmly welcome you to Aarhus and hope that you will enjoy
the scientific program and discussions as well as the social events and networking. Please, help
us to make this congress a memorable event.
Margit Bak Jensen, Jens Malmkvist and Mette S. Herskin
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Acknowledgements
Congress Organising Committee
Margit Bak Jensen (chair), Mette S. Herskin, Lene Juul Pedersen, Lene Munksgaard, Jens
Malmkvist, Karen Thodberg, Claus Bo Andreasen, Tina Albertsen (all Aarhus University)
Scientific Committee
Margit Bak Jensen (chair), Mette S. Herskin, Lene Juul Pedersen, Lene Munksgaard, Jens
Malmkvist, Karen Thodberg (all Aarhus University) Jan Ladewig, Björn Forkman (both University
of Copenhagen)
Social Committee
Karen Thodberg, Lene Juul Pedersen
Media
Claus Bo Andreasen, Nina Hermansen (both Aarhus University)
Ethics Committee
Anna Olsson (Chair), Portugal; Francesco De Giorgio, The Netherlands; Francois Martin, USA;
Cecilie Mejdell, Norway; Franck Peron, France; Elize van Vollenhoven, South Africa; Alexandra
Whittaker, Australia
Technical support
Jens Bech Andersen, Lars Bilde Gildberg, Mads Ravn Jensen (all Aarhus University)
Secretary assistance
Tina Albertsen
ISAE helpers
Katrine Kop Fogsgaard, Sarah-Lina Aagaard Schild, Mona Lilian Vestbjerg Larsen, Maria Vilain
Rørvang, Fernanda Machado Tahamtani, Julie Cherono Schmidt Henriksen, Toke Munk Schou,
Cecilie Kobek Thorsen, Claire Toinon, Anne S. Bak and Birthe Houbak (all Aarhus University)
Professional conference organisers
DIS Congress Service Copenhagen A/S (www.discongress.com)
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Reviewers
Michael Appleby Inma Estevez Ruth Newberry
Gareth Arnott Emma Fabrega Christine Nicol
Harry Blokhuis Mark Farnworth Birte L. Nielsen
Xavier Boivin Katrine Kop Fogsgaard Per P. Nielsen
Laura Boyle Francisco Galindo Cheryl O’Connor
Bjarne Braastad Lorenz Gygax Elizabeth Paul
Donald Broom Derek Haley Jean-Loup Rault
Stephanie Buijs Laura Hänninen Bas Rodenburg
Oliver Burman Moira Harris Jeffrey Rushen
Andy Butterworth Marie Haskell Kenny Rutherford
Irene Camerlink Suzanne Held Lars Schrader
Janne W. Christensen Per Jensen Karin Schütz
Sylvie Cloutier Jenna Kiddie Janice Siegford
Michael Cockram Ute Knierim Mhairi Sutherland
Melanie Connor Paul Koene Fernanda Tahamtani
Jonathan Cooper Fritha Langford Michael Toscano
Rick D’Eath Alistair Lawrence Cassandra Tucker
Antoni Dalmau Caroline Lee Simon Turner
Ingrid De Jong Pol Llonch Anna Valros
Trevor DeVries Maja Makagon Heleen Van De Weerd
Pierpaolo Di Giminiani Xavier Manteca Antonio Velarde
Laura Dixon Jeremy Marchant-Forde Daniel Weary
Rebecca Doyle Georgia Mason Francoise Wemelsfelder
Cathy Dwyer Rebecca Meagher Christoph Winckler
Bernadette Earley Suzanne Millman Hanno Würbel
Sandra Edwards David Morton
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