Goat

Reconciliation in domestic goats

The aim of this study was to test whether domestic goats(Capra hircus)reconciled after experimentally induced conflicts. After conflicts, goats showed a higher frequency of affiliative contacts (muzzle-muzzle and muzzle-body contacts, allogrooming) and of lying in proximity than in control observations....

Year Published: 1998Animal Type: Goat

Citation: Schino, G. 1998. Reconciliation in domestic goats. Behaviour 135, 343-356.

Apparatus and technique for conditioning goats to repeated blood collection

We also developed an effective reward-based conditioning program to promote restraint tolerance and voluntary entry into the restraint apparatus. We had previous success conditioning swine for repeated blood collection using cookies as a reward, and implemented a similar system for...

Year Published: 1998Animal Type: Goat

Citation: Lager, K. 1998. Apparatus and technique for conditioning goats to repeated blood collection. Lab Animal 27(3), 38-42.

Managing the environmental enrichment program for nonhuman primates and domestic farm animals housed at the National Institutes of Health

The management of the animal enrichment program within the National Institutes of health is described. Nonhuman primates are housed in isosexual pairs and groups whenever possible.

Year Published: 1998Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Cattle, Chicken, Equine, Goat, Nonhuman Primate, Other Animal, Pig, Rabbit, Sheep

Citation: Watson, L. M., Weed, J. L. 1998. Managing the environmental enrichment program for nonhuman primates and domestic farm animals housed at the National Institutes of Health. American Journal of Primatology 45, 211-212 (Abstract).

The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory Animals (7th ed): Sheep and Goats

General recommendations for the species-adequate housing and handling of sheep and goats.

Year Published: 1999Animal Type: Goat, Sheep

Citation: Gilbert, C. L. , Kendrick, K. M. 1999. Sheep and goats. In: The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory Animals (7th ed). UFAW [Universities Federation for Animal Welfare] (edited by Poole, T. and English, P. ), 490-502. Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK.

Design and construction of facilities for farm animal species

Providing conspecific groups is the most effective enrichment method for all these species. Sheep, goats, and pigs have strong aversion to individual housing. Cattle and horses will tolerate individual housing, but clearly to not prefer it [p. 24].

Year Published: 2001Topics: HousingAnimal Type: Cattle, Equine, Goat, Pig, Sheep

Citation: Hays, J. T., Suckow, M. A., Jackson, G. E. et al. 2001. Design and construction of facilities for farm animal species. Lab Animal Supplement Facility Design & Planning(Fall 2001), 21-24.

Visual discrimination learning of group-housed goats at an automated learning device

A general purpose computer system for behavioral conditioning experiments, the ‘Fields-Monitor', was developed and has been in use for several years. The set-up allows flexible stimulus presentations and rewards for different kinds of learning behavior in animals. It enables training...

Year Published: 2002Animal Type: Goat

Citation: Franz H, Roitberg E, Lohrke B, et al. 2002. Visual discrimination learning of group-housed goats at an automated learning device. Archiv Fur Tierzucht. 45;387-401.

Conflict resolution following aggression in gregarious animals: a predictive framework

Knowledge of how animals manage their conflicts is critical for understanding the dynamics of social systems. During the last two decades research on gregarious animals, especially primates, has focused on the mechanisms of conflict management, mainly on friendly postconflict reunions...

Year Published: 2002Animal Type: Baboon, Capuchin, Chimpanzee, Goat, Lemur, Macaque, Marine Mammal, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Animal, Other Nonhuman Primate, Squirrel Monkey

Citation: Aureli, F., Cords, M., van Schaik, C. P. 2002. Conflict resolution following aggression in gregarious animals: a predictive framework . Animal Behaviour 64(3), 325-343.

Large animal enrichment for sheep and goats

Small ruminants are provided the opportunity to browse, climb and exercise in a special pen.

Year Published: 2004Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Goat, Sheep

Citation: Fish, P. W. 2004. Large animal enrichment for sheep and goats. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 148 (Abstract).

Taming and training of pregnant sheep and goats and of newborn lambs, kids and calves before experimentation

The relative value of taming and training [staff spends 10-15 minutes each day gentling, stroking and quietly talking to the animals, while holding them in the part of the pen where they would subsequently be required to stand for sampling...

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: Cattle, Goat, Sheep

Citation: Mellor, D. J. 2004. Taming and training of pregnant sheep and goats and of newborn lambs, kids and calves before experimentation. Alternatives to Laboratory Animals [ATLA] 32(Supplement), 143-146.

Loose housing of small goat groups: Influence of visual cover and elevated levels of feeding, resting and agonistic behavior

Frequent social conflicts among goats due to their strict rank relationships can pose problems in loose housing of goats by negatively influencing feeding and resting times of low-ranking group members. In this study, we tested whether enrichment of loose-housing pens...

Year Published: 2009Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Goat

Citation: Aschwanden J, L Gygax, Wechsler B, et al. 2009. Loose housing of small goat groups: Influence of visual cover and elevated levels of feeding, resting and agonistic behavior. App Anim Behav Sci. 119;171-179.