Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LV
Written by Elena POPESCU-MICLOȘANU, Carmena ȘERBĂNOIU
The purpose of present investigations was to determine the hourly frequency of paddock exploring and social behavioral manifestations in dogs housed in a specialized shelter in relationship with the male-female proportion and animals mean age in the group, to improve the latter structure. Findings indicate that a lesser male number and a lower female mean age in the group significantly influence female paddock exploring behavior, in that where more females and fewer males were accommodated showed the highest hourly frequency of female paddock exploring behavioral manifestations (with an hourly average of 1.58 ± 0.19 of behavioral manifestations). Hourly frequencies of play and aggressive social behavioral manifestations of females were also affected, recording a female play behavior higher in the case of keeping them with fewer males, but also for a lower female mean age in the group (with an hourly average of 0.98 ± 0.12 behavioral manifestations). Also, a higher male number and a lesser female number in the group increase the hourly frequency of female aggressive behavioral manifestations towards others (with an hourly average of 1.10 ± 0.10 of behavioral manifestations). Also, it has been registered a higher hourly frequency of female food theft in groups where the male number was lower than female number, correlated with lower female mean age. Regarding the influence of female number on male paddock exploring and social behavioral manifestations, it is obvious that a higher female number in the group, also correlated with a higher male mean age, reduces male aggressive behavioral manifestations towards themselves but increases the hourly frequency of male aggressive behavioral manifestations towards others (with an hourly average of 1.50 ± 0.24 of behavioral manifestations).
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