Mills A D, Jones R B, Faure J M
Station de Recherches Avicoles, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Tours - Nouzilly, 37380 Nouzilly, France.
Roslin Institute (Edinburgh), Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9PS, UK.
Behav Processes. 1995 May;34(1):13-22. doi: 10.1016/0376-6357(94)00044-h.
Divergent lines of Japanese quail Coturnix japonica showing high (HSR) or low (LSR) levels of social reinstatement (SR) behaviour (as measured in a treadmill apparatus) have been developed. However, it was not known if selection had influenced social reinstatement tendencies in a general or a species-specific fashion. Therefore, the present study compared the SR behaviour of quail chicks of the HSR and LSR lines and of a Control line when the goal box of the treadmill was empty or when it contained small, same-species groups of either Japanese quail, domestic fowl or Guinea fowl chicks. The results clearly demonstrated that the SR behaviour of Japanese quail chicks is species-specific and that this specificity has not been influenced during genetic selection, over sixteen generations, of the HSR and LSR lines. The HSR chicks showed more locomotor activity in the treadmill than did those of the other lines regardless of the nature of the goal-box stimulus. The results are discussed in terms of general activity, underlying fearfulness and social motivation.
现已培育出日本鹌鹑（Coturnix japonica）的不同品系，它们表现出高（HSR）或低（LSR）水平的社会恢复（SR）行为（通过跑步机装置测量）。然而，尚不清楚选择是以一般方式还是物种特异性方式影响社会恢复倾向。因此，本研究比较了HSR系、LSR系和对照系鹌鹑雏鸡在跑步机目标箱为空时，或目标箱中包含小型同物种群体（日本鹌鹑、家鸡或珍珠鸡雏鸡）时的SR行为。结果清楚地表明，日本鹌鹑雏鸡的SR行为是物种特异性的，并且在HSR系和LSR系十六代的遗传选择过程中，这种特异性并未受到影响。无论目标箱刺激的性质如何，HSR系雏鸡在跑步机上的运动活动都比其他品系的雏鸡更多。我们从一般活动、潜在恐惧和社会动机方面对结果进行了讨论。
