Jastrzębska Ewa, Sadowska Joanna, Wnuk-Pawlak Elżbieta, Różańska-Boczula Monika, Janczarek Iwona
Department of Horse Breeding and Riding, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 5, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland.
Department of Horse Breeding and Use, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.
Animals (Basel). 2021 Mar 12;11(3):796. doi: 10.3390/ani11030796.
This study aimed at assessing the behaviour of Konik geldings and mares, kept in a stable and in a free-range system, during behavioural tests regarded as a determinant of the exploration urge. A total of 19 Konik horses kept in individual stables and in a free-range system were included in the study. The experiment was conducted in five phases separated by five-day breaks. A one-stage passive human test was performed during the first phase, a three-stage active human test-2nd phase, a three-stage unknown object test-3rd phase, a two-stage unknown surface test-4th phase, and a one-stage test of social isolation-5th phase. Ten attributes were analysed, including the horse sex and the keeping system. The results were also correlated with one another. Konik horses were found to show the urge to explore, although their behavioural responses are individual and stimulus dependent. In many cases, the horse sex and the keeping system influence the exploratory behaviour, although it is manifested by a greater intensity in geldings than in mares, and in free-range horses than in those kept in a stable. The study is regarded as preliminary due to the small number of horses in the study groups.
本研究旨在评估在稳定圈养和自由放养系统中饲养的科尼克公马和母马，在被视为探索欲望决定因素的行为测试中的行为表现。共有19匹在个体马厩和自由放养系统中饲养的科尼克马被纳入研究。实验分五个阶段进行，各阶段间隔五天。第一阶段进行单阶段被动人类测试，第二阶段进行三阶段主动人类测试，第三阶段进行三阶段未知物体测试，第四阶段进行两阶段未知表面测试，第五阶段进行单阶段社会隔离测试。分析了十个属性，包括马匹性别和饲养系统。结果之间也相互关联。研究发现，科尼克马表现出探索欲望，尽管它们的行为反应是个体性的且依赖于刺激。在许多情况下，马匹性别和饲养系统会影响探索行为，尽管公马的表现强度大于母马，自由放养的马大于圈养的马。由于研究组中的马匹数量较少，该研究被视为初步研究。
