Socially-mediated food transmition in ovine: Hierarchical-conditioning by age as a diet-managing tool in unrelated ruminants during foraging

Conditioning of food consumption induced by Lithium Chloride (LiCl) treatment has been reported in different animal species. In ruminants, older animals are capable of transferring selective food aversion to the youngers. The objetive of this study was to determine whether food aversion in adult she...

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spelling I10-R363-article-52452024-09-03T22:30:27Z Socially-mediated food transmition in ovine: Hierarchical-conditioning by age as a diet-managing tool in unrelated ruminants during foraging Mediación Social en el Consumo de Alimentos en Ovinos: Condicionamiento Jerárquico por Edad como Herramienta para Controlar la Dieta en Rumiantes No Emparentados en Pastoreo Ruiz Santos, Paul Verdes, José Manuel condicionamiento social aversión alimenticia ovinos social conditioning food aversion sheep Conditioning of food consumption induced by Lithium Chloride (LiCl) treatment has been reported in different animal species. In ruminants, older animals are capable of transferring selective food aversion to the youngers. The objetive of this study was to determine whether food aversion in adult sheep induced by LiCl can be transmitted to non-relative lambs. Twelve animals, four adult ewes and eight lambs were used. Three ewes were conditioned with LiCl 200 mg/kg BW (orally) to avoid concentrate consumption, while the other one acted as a control. Food consumption of lambs was recorded prior to the trial, to define preconditioned basal consumption. After that, animals were assigned to four groups of one sheep and two lambs each, whose food consumption was recorded for a 20-day period in lairage. Concentrate consumption decreased significantly in those lambs that were grouped with conditioned ewes (p < .01). These results suggest that hierarchical conditioning in sheep would be a useful tool to control diet and consumption of potentially harmful food like toxic plants. La aversión alimenticia inducida por la administración de Cloruro de Litio (LiCl) ha sido descripta y utilizada en diferentes especies animales para condicionar el consumo de alimentos. En rumiantes durante el pastoreo en grupo los animales de mayor edad son los encargados de transferir el comportamiento de selección de alimentos a los más jóvenes. El objetivo del presente trabajo fue determinar si la aversión alimenticia inducida con LiCl en ovejas adultas es transmitida a corderos no emparentados. Se utilizaron 12 ovinos, 4 ovejas adultas y 8 corderos. Luego de confirmar el consumo de ración comercial por parte de las ovejas, 3 fueron condicionadas con LiCl 200 mg/kg PV (oralmente), usando 1 como control. Se formaron 4 tríos de 1 oveja con 2 corderos, midiendo previamente el consumo de ración de los últimos, registrando la variación del consumo luego de 20 días de convivencia en estabulación. Luego de este período los corderos agrupados con ovejas condicionadas disminuyeron el consumo de ración significativamente (p < .01). El condicionamiento jerárquico en ovinos parece ser una herramienta útil para controlar la dieta y el consumo de alimentos no deseados, tales como plantas tóxicas en condiciones de pastoreo a campo natural. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 2010-12-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf application/msword https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/5245 10.32348/1852.4206.v2.n3.5245 Argentinean Journal of Behavioral Sciences; Vol 2, No 3 (2010): Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento; 14-20 Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento; Vol 2, No 3 (2010): Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento; 14-20 1852-4206 10.32348/1852.4206.v2.n3 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/5245/5409 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/5245/24786 Derechos de autor 2010 Paul Ruiz Santos, José Manuel Verdes
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topic condicionamiento social
aversión alimenticia
ovinos
social conditioning
food aversion
sheep
spellingShingle condicionamiento social
aversión alimenticia
ovinos
social conditioning
food aversion
sheep
Ruiz Santos, Paul
Verdes, José Manuel
Socially-mediated food transmition in ovine: Hierarchical-conditioning by age as a diet-managing tool in unrelated ruminants during foraging
topic_facet condicionamiento social
aversión alimenticia
ovinos
social conditioning
food aversion
sheep
author Ruiz Santos, Paul
Verdes, José Manuel
author_facet Ruiz Santos, Paul
Verdes, José Manuel
author_sort Ruiz Santos, Paul
title Socially-mediated food transmition in ovine: Hierarchical-conditioning by age as a diet-managing tool in unrelated ruminants during foraging
title_short Socially-mediated food transmition in ovine: Hierarchical-conditioning by age as a diet-managing tool in unrelated ruminants during foraging
title_full Socially-mediated food transmition in ovine: Hierarchical-conditioning by age as a diet-managing tool in unrelated ruminants during foraging
title_fullStr Socially-mediated food transmition in ovine: Hierarchical-conditioning by age as a diet-managing tool in unrelated ruminants during foraging
title_full_unstemmed Socially-mediated food transmition in ovine: Hierarchical-conditioning by age as a diet-managing tool in unrelated ruminants during foraging
title_sort socially-mediated food transmition in ovine: hierarchical-conditioning by age as a diet-managing tool in unrelated ruminants during foraging
description Conditioning of food consumption induced by Lithium Chloride (LiCl) treatment has been reported in different animal species. In ruminants, older animals are capable of transferring selective food aversion to the youngers. The objetive of this study was to determine whether food aversion in adult sheep induced by LiCl can be transmitted to non-relative lambs. Twelve animals, four adult ewes and eight lambs were used. Three ewes were conditioned with LiCl 200 mg/kg BW (orally) to avoid concentrate consumption, while the other one acted as a control. Food consumption of lambs was recorded prior to the trial, to define preconditioned basal consumption. After that, animals were assigned to four groups of one sheep and two lambs each, whose food consumption was recorded for a 20-day period in lairage. Concentrate consumption decreased significantly in those lambs that were grouped with conditioned ewes (p < .01). These results suggest that hierarchical conditioning in sheep would be a useful tool to control diet and consumption of potentially harmful food like toxic plants.
publisher Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
publishDate 2010
url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/5245
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