Drivers of stereotypic behaviour and physiological stress among captive jungle cat (Felis chaus Schreber, 1777) in India

Effects of food level and straw provision during pregnancy on sow performance and responses to an adrenocorticotrophic hormone challenge

Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science ◽

10.1017/s0308229600031603 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 1996 ◽

pp. 197-197

Author(s):

H.A.M. Spoolder ◽

J.A. Burbidge ◽

S.A. Edwards ◽

A.B. Lawrence ◽

P.H. Simmins

Keyword(s):

Physiological Stress ◽

Nutritional Requirements ◽

Food Level ◽

Restricted Feeding ◽

Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone ◽

Commercial Practice ◽

Behavioural State ◽

Feeding Regimes ◽

Stereotypic Behaviour ◽

Almost All

In commercial practice, almost all pregnant sows are fed on restricted feeding regimes. Operant conditioning studies suggest that this results in the animals being food motivated for most of the day (Lawrence et at., 1988), a behavioural state which, in relatively barren environments, has been associated with the development of abnormal stereotypic behaviour (Spoolder et al., 1995). Straw provision reduces the development of stereotypies, possibly reflecting reduced (physiological) stress levels. In addition, it may result in lower nutritional requirements (Simmins et al., 1994).

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Effects of food level and straw provision during pregnancy on sow performance and responses to an adrenocorticotrophic hormone challenge

Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science ◽

10.1017/s1752756200593892 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 1996 ◽

pp. 197-197

Author(s):

H.A.M. Spoolder ◽

J.A. Burbidge ◽

S.A. Edwards ◽

A.B. Lawrence ◽

P.H. Simmins

Keyword(s):

Physiological Stress ◽

Nutritional Requirements ◽

Food Level ◽

Restricted Feeding ◽

Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone ◽

Commercial Practice ◽

Behavioural State ◽

Feeding Regimes ◽

Stereotypic Behaviour ◽

Almost All

In commercial practice, almost all pregnant sows are fed on restricted feeding regimes. Operant conditioning studies suggest that this results in the animals being food motivated for most of the day (Lawrence et at., 1988), a behavioural state which, in relatively barren environments, has been associated with the development of abnormal stereotypic behaviour (Spoolder et al., 1995). Straw provision reduces the development of stereotypies, possibly reflecting reduced (physiological) stress levels. In addition, it may result in lower nutritional requirements (Simmins et al., 1994).

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Emotions and health: The impact of emotions, emotions regulation, music, and acculturation on health

Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspsychologie ◽

10.1026/0943-8149.16.3.112 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 112-115 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Stephan Bongard ◽

Volker Hodapp ◽

Sonja Rohrmann

Keyword(s):

Stress Responses ◽

Physiological Stress ◽

Anger Expression ◽

Domain Specific ◽

Cardiovascular Stress ◽

Expression Behavior ◽

Cardio Vascular ◽

And Coping ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Impact

Abstract. Our unit investigates the relationship of emotional processes (experience, expression, and coping), their physiological correlates and possible health outcomes. We study domain specific anger expression behavior and associated cardio-vascular loads and found e.g. that particularly an open anger expression at work is associated with greater blood pressure. Furthermore, we demonstrated that women may be predisposed for the development of certain mental disorders because of their higher disgust sensitivity. We also pointed out that the suppression of negative emotions leads to increased physiological stress responses which results in a higher risk for cardiovascular diseases. We could show that relaxation as well as music activity like singing in a choir causes increases in the local immune parameter immunoglobuline A. Finally, we are investigating connections between migrants’ strategy of acculturation and health and found e.g. elevated cardiovascular stress responses in migrants when they where highly adapted to the German culture.

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