Social Roles in Cattle: A Plea for Interchange of Ideas Between Primatologists and Applied Ethologists Export

@article{citeulike:1223422, abstract = {Social role has been defined as a pattern of behaviour characteristic of a class of individuals within a group. The concept was developed by primatologists both to describe individual variation in behaviour in social groups and to be used in addition to hierarchy as a model for primate social organization. Cattle have been shown to express considerable individual variation in behaviour. Furthermore, cattle and primates show some similarities with respect to their social behaviour. This may indicate that the concept of social roles might be useful to those studying cattle behaviour. After a brief literature review it is concluded that the concept may indeed be applicable to cattle. The possible welfare implications of this are first, that it would offer a new approach for the study of individual differences in behaviour - important to the understanding of how animals cope with their environment in captivity. Second, it could help the understanding of social behaviour in domestic species. It is suggested that an interchange of ideas between primatologists and applied ethologists is needed.}, author = {Manteca, X.}, citeulike-article-id = {1223422}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ufaw/aw/1993/00000002/00000004/art00004}, keywords = {behavior, domestic, social}, month = {November}, pages = {339--346}, posted-at = {2007-04-13 03:42:19}, priority = {2}, title = {Social Roles in Cattle: A Plea for Interchange of Ideas Between Primatologists and Applied Ethologists}, url = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ufaw/aw/1993/00000002/00000004/art00004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1223422 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1223422 N2 - Social role has been defined as a pattern of behaviour characteristic of a class of individuals within a group. The concept was developed by primatologists both to describe individual variation in behaviour in social groups and to be used in addition to hierarchy as a model for primate social organization. Cattle have been shown to express considerable individual variation in behaviour. Furthermore, cattle and primates show some similarities with respect to their social behaviour. This may indicate that the concept of social roles might be useful to those studying cattle behaviour. After a brief literature review it is concluded that the concept may indeed be applicable to cattle. The possible welfare implications of this are first, that it would offer a new approach for the study of individual differences in behaviour - important to the understanding of how animals cope with their environment in captivity. Second, it could help the understanding of social behaviour in domestic species. It is suggested that an interchange of ideas between primatologists and applied ethologists is needed. EP - 346 TI - Social Roles in Cattle: A Plea for Interchange of Ideas Between Primatologists and Applied Ethologists SP - 339 KW - behavior KW - domestic KW - social AU - Manteca, X UR - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ufaw/aw/1993/00000002/00000004/art00004 ER -