WelFur â foxes: do feeding test, temperament test and a measure of stereotypic behaviour differentiate between farms?

T. Koistinen; H. Huuki; A.L. Hovland; J. Mononen; L. Ahola

WelFur â foxes: do feeding test, temperament test and a measure of stereotypic behaviour differentiate between farms?

In: Proceedings of the Xth International Scientific Congress in Fur Animal Production

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T. Koistinen

T. Koistinen ¹Department of Biology, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland

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H. Huuki

H. Huuki ¹Department of Biology, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland

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A.L. Hovland

A.L. Hovland ²Department of Animal and Aquacultural sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 5003, 1432 Ãs, Norway

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J. Mononen

J. Mononen ¹Department of Biology, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
³MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Halolantie 31A, 71750 Maaninka, Finland; tarja.koistinen@uef.fi

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L. Ahola

L. Ahola ¹Department of Biology, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland

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In the present study we evaluate the suitability of the feeding test, temperament test and assessment of stereotypic behaviour for an on-farm welfare assessment protocol. Ten fox farms in Finland and five fox farms in Norway were visited in January or February. On each farm, a representative sample of foxes was chosen for each measure. The percentage of foxes eating in the feeding test, touching a stick in the temperament test and behaving stereotypically varied between 24-73%, 16-60% and 0-13% on the farms, respectively. On farm-level, the percentage of foxes touching the stick in the temperament test correlated positively with the percentage of foxes eating in the feeding test (r_s=0.609, P=0.016), and the percentage of foxes attacking the stick aggressively correlated positively with the percentage of stereotyping foxes (r_s=0.604, P=0.017). Accordingly, all three measures can be used to differentiate farms. Furthermore, the correlations between the results from different measures indicate that the temperament test measures partially the same behavioural features of the stock of the animals on the farm as the feeding test and the measure of stereotypic behaviour.

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Proceedings of the Xth International Scientific Congress in Fur Animal Production

Scientifur Volume 36 (3/4)

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Print Publication Date:: 30 Oct 2012

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