Can Sleep and Resting Behaviours Be Used as Indicators of Welfare in Shelter Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris)?
Can Sleep and Resting Behaviours Be Used as Indicators of Welfare in Shelter Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris)?
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DOI：
10.1371/journal.pone.0163620
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发表时间：
2016
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Burman OH
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作者：
Owczarczak-Garstecka SC;Burman OH
以前对人类和动物的研究表明，睡眠模式的分析可以可靠地告诉我们福利状况，但在应用背景下，对非人类动物进行的此类研究很少。本研究探讨了使用睡眠和休息行为的福利指标，通过描述的活动模式的狗（犬狼疮familiaris）安置在救援避难所，并比较他们的睡眠模式的其他行为和认知措施的福利。在15只狗的群体中观察了5个非连续天的睡眠和活动模式。随后，描述了睡眠和休息行为的特征，并分析了活动对睡眠和休息行为模式的影响。收容所的狗白天睡眠时间为2.8%，比以前报道的少14.3%，夜间睡眠碎片较少（32次睡眠）。白天表现出的行为和睡眠行为之间没有统计学上的显著关系。白天休息行为的比例较高显着相关的积极判断偏差，较少的重复行为和增加的时间花费编码为“放松”的庇护所工作人员在几天。这些结果表明，在忙碌的庇护所环境中，白天休息更多的能力可能是福利改善的标志。考虑到人类睡眠和福利之间的非线性关系，睡眠和福利行为指标之间的关系，包括判断偏差，在收容所狗可能比本研究所能检测到的更复杂。
Previous research on humans and animals suggests that the analysis of sleep patterns may reliably inform us about welfare status, but little research of this kind has been carried out for non-human animals in an applied context. This study explored the use of sleep and resting behaviour as indicators of welfare by describing the activity patterns of dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) housed in rescue shelters, and comparing their sleep patterns to other behavioural and cognitive measures of welfare. Sleep and activity patterns were observed over five non-consecutive days in a population of 15 dogs. Subsequently, the characteristics of sleep and resting behaviour were described and the impact of activity on patterns of sleep and resting behaviour analysed. Shelter dogs slept for 2.8% of the day, 14.3% less than previously reported and experienced less sleep fragmentation at night (32 sleep bouts). There were no statistically significant relationships between behaviours exhibited during the day and sleep behaviour. A higher proportion of daytime resting behaviour was significantly associated with a positive judgement bias, less repetitive behaviour and increased time spent coded as ‘relaxed’ across days by shelter staff. These results suggest that, in the context of a busy shelter environment, the ability to rest more during the day could be a sign of improved welfare. Considering the non-linear relationship between sleep and welfare in humans, the relationship between sleep and behavioural indicators of welfare, including judgement bias, in shelter dogs may be more complex than this study could detect.
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