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Muvhali PT, Bonato M, Engelbrecht A, et al. The Effect of Extensive Human Presence at an Early Age on Stress Responses and Reactivity of Juvenile Ostriches towards Humans. Animals (Basel). 2018;8(10)doi: 10.3390/ani8100175.
Muvhali, P. T., Bonato, M., Engelbrecht, A., Malecki, I. A., Hough, D., Robinson, J. E., Evans, N. P., & Cloete, S. W. P. (2018). The Effect of Extensive Human Presence at an Early Age on Stress Responses and Reactivity of Juvenile Ostriches towards Humans. Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 8(10), . https://doi.org/10.3390/ani8100175
Muvhali, Pfunzo T, et al. "The Effect of Extensive Human Presence at an Early Age on Stress Responses and Reactivity of Juvenile Ostriches towards Humans." Animals : an open access journal from MDPI vol. 8,10 (2018). doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani8100175
Muvhali PT, Bonato M, Engelbrecht A, Malecki IA, Hough D, Robinson JE, Evans NP, Cloete SWP. The Effect of Extensive Human Presence at an Early Age on Stress Responses and Reactivity of Juvenile Ostriches towards Humans. Animals (Basel). 2018 Oct 05;8(10). doi: 10.3390/ani8100175. PMID: 30301126; PMCID: PMC6210211.
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Animals (Basel). 2018 Oct 05;8(10). doi: 10.3390/ani8100175.

The Effect of Extensive Human Presence at an Early Age on Stress Responses and Reactivity of Juvenile Ostriches towards Humans.

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI

Pfunzo T Muvhali, Maud Bonato, Anel Engelbrecht, Irek A Malecki, Denise Hough, Jane E Robinson, Neil P Evans, Schalk W P Cloete

Affiliations

  1. Department of Animal Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa. [email protected].
  2. Department of Animal Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa. [email protected].
  3. Directorate Animal Sciences, Western Cape Department of Agriculture: Oudtshoorn Research Farm, P.O. Box 351, Oudtshoorn 6620, South Africa. [email protected].
  4. Department of Animal Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa. [email protected].
  5. School of Agriculture and Environment, Faculty of Science, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. [email protected].
  6. Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. [email protected].
  7. Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. [email protected].
  8. Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. [email protected].
  9. Department of Animal Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa. [email protected].
  10. Directorate Animal Sciences, Western Cape Department of Agriculture: Elsenburg, Private Bag X1, Elsenburg 7607, South Africa. [email protected].

PMID: 30301126 PMCID: PMC6210211 DOI: 10.3390/ani8100175

Abstract

The effect of extensive human presence and regular gentle handling performed at an early age (0⁻3 months old) on stress responses and reactivity of juvenile ostriches towards humans was investigated. A total of 416 ostrich chicks over two years were exposed to one of three treatments for three months after hatching; namely, Human Presence 1 (HP1,

Keywords: Struthio camelus; behaviour; ostrich; stress responses; welfare

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