Wiśniewska Anna, Janczarek Iwona, Tkaczyk Ewelina, Wilk Izabela, Janicka Wiktoria, Próchniak Tomasz, Kaczmarek Beata, Pokora Elżbieta, Łuszczyński Jarosław
Department of Horse Breeding and Use, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Bioeconomy, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 13 Str, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.
Institute of Biological Basis of Animal Production, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Bioeconomy, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 13 Str, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.
Animals (Basel). 2022 Sep 2;12(17):2271. doi: 10.3390/ani12172271.
This study aimed to perform a comparative analysis of the horses' heart rate parameters and locomotor activity in a herd or isolation, with or without the company of goats. Twenty horses were tested in a paddock, accompanied (or not) by three goats. The experiment comprised four tests (a control test of a herd of horses without goats, a horse isolation test without goats, a test of a herd of horses with goats and a test of an isolated horse with goats). The horse's locomotor behavior, and the HR, RR, rMSSD, LF, HF, and LF/HF were recorded. The data analysis included a 15-min rest, procedural and recovery HR/HRV periods, and a 5-min period at the beginning of the test. The duration of the horses standing in the company of goats increased significantly. The rMSSD parameter was the significantly lowest in the test of a herd of horses with goats. The company of goats in a paddock does not eliminate the emotional effects of the phenomenon. However, the locomotor behavior decreases. Goats in a paddock can provide a positive distraction for horses in a herd as a decrease in emotional excitability can be regarded as having a relaxing impact on a different animal species.
本研究旨在对马在群体或隔离状态下，有无山羊陪伴时的心率参数和运动活动进行比较分析。二十匹马在围场中接受测试，有（或没有）三只山羊陪伴。实验包括四项测试（无山羊的马群对照测试、无山羊的马隔离测试、有山羊的马群测试和有山羊的隔离马测试）。记录马的运动行为以及心率（HR）、呼吸频率（RR）、相邻正常RR间期差值的均方根（rMSSD）、低频功率（LF）、高频功率（HF）和LF/HF。数据分析包括15分钟的休息期、程序和恢复期间的心率/心率变异性（HR/HRV）以及测试开始时的5分钟时间段。马与山羊在一起站立的时间显著增加。rMSSD参数在有山羊的马群测试中显著最低。围场中有山羊并不能消除该现象的情绪影响。然而，运动行为会减少。围场中的山羊可以为马群中的马提供积极的干扰，因为情绪兴奋性的降低可被视为对不同动物物种具有放松作用。
