Approachability to a Human in Gilts Divergently Selected for Feed Efficiency

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2015-01-01
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Sholar, Johanna
Colpoys, Jessica
Gabler, Nicholas
Millman, Suzanne
Siegford, Janice
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The objective of this study was to evaluate approachability of gilts divergently selected for residual feed intake (RFI) to a novel human. Twenty low-RFI and 19 high-RFI gilts were tested using a human approach test. Testing occurred over two consecutive weeks between 1300 and 1900 hours. Gilts were tested individually within a 4.9 x 2.4 m test arena. Throughout the test, latency to first enter, duration of time spent, and frequency of entrances within 1 m and 0.5 m of the human were recorded. These results suggest that divergent selection for RFI did not alter gilt approach behavior to a novel human.

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Animal Science Research Reports
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