A5024469340- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- French Urban and Social Studies
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
- Meat and Animal Product Quality
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Veterinary Practice and Education Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Veterinary Equine Medical Research
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Agriculture and Farm Safety
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Social Sciences and Governance
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Health, Medicine and Society
- Food Supply Chain Traceability
Unité Mixte de Recherche sur les Herbivores
2016-2025
Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
2010-2025
VetAgro Sup
2013-2025
Université Clermont Auvergne
2018-2025
Génétique Physiologie et Systèmes d'Elevage
2022
Clermont Université
2014-2016
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
2014-2016
Territoires
2016
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
1996-2015
Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine d'Auvergne
2000-2011
Abstract Human factors (attitudes, personality traits, self-esteem, job satisfaction) strongly determine our behaviour towards animals, animal production and welfare. Recent studies have emphasised positive human contacts as indicators of a stockperson's attitude animals welfare in general. Stockmanship can be improved by careful selection people and/or training. However, little is known the biological basis effect stock handling procedures on animals. The animal's perception stockperson...
Stroking by humans is beneficial to the human-animal relationship and improves welfare in many species that express intraspecific allogrooming, but very few studies have looked at like sheep do not such contact except around parturition. This study investigated way lambs perceive regular human tactile using behavioral physiological responses. Twenty-four were reared bucket-fed groups of four. All stroked daily their familiar caregiver. At 8 weeks age, individually tested home pen a 1×1m...
It has been demonstrated previously that regularly stroking and letting calves suck fingers leads to less avoidance more approach behavior of the toward people. To examine whether these positive contacts affect welfare productivity quality veal meat we used 22 housed in individual crates. Half them received minimal contact with stockperson (controls), other half were given additional gentle around meals, by allowing stockperson's fingers, during entire fattening period (21 wk). Welfare was...
We studied the importance of stockperson's behavior on veal calf using 22 calves housed in individual crates. Eleven received minimal contact from stockperson, and other 11 were stroked allowed to suck fingers after each meal during entire fattening period (21 wk). The effects this additional with stockperson calves' responses people was studied, when their home environment (crate) or outside (singly a novel arena). When tested environment, receiving withdrew less approach humans (familiar...
The human-animal relationship is an important component of farm-animal welfare. It often assessed using 'avoidance distance', i.e. the distance at which animals avoid humans approaching them. However, this avoidance may be influenced by factors other than such as genetic background or health status. objective cross-sectional epidemiological study was to assess size effect animal and testing conditions on results test in dairy cows. Five observers applied a standardised feeding rack 2 306...
Artificially reared herbivores are highly dependent on the stockperson at an early age in order to learn drink from artificial milk provider. This period of training may be a determinant for animals' subsequent responses toward humans. However, long-term also depend human contact (e.g., visual, physical interactions, gentling, and handling) provided young lambs after this period. We examined whether different levels (no visual contact, stroking, feeding reward) affect attachment caretaker...