ANSC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Flehmen Response, Defecation, Urination
3 Dec 2016
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Allows you to know what normal is. Can aid in identifying animals which are showing signs of distress. Aids in making management decisions to improve welfare or productivity. Pheromones: chemicals which attract the opposite sex, work only within a species, released from special glands, or in saliva, excretions, and secretions. How do we know: females seek out males, standing heat, winking, courtship sequence. Correct mating behaviors: for al can be learned early. Determine when a female is in heat through visual and olfactory cues. How do males detect a female in heat: flehmen response, observing mountings, standing, or fighting. Includes: cleaning after birth, stimulation to nurse, aggression towards strangers, weaning. Young animals cry out for help when disturbed, distressed, or hungry. The way offspring nurses allows for recognition by smell by mother. Fight or flight and aggressive and passive behaviors. Interactions with other animals: male/male aggression, hierarchies/pecking orders/social rank.
