Domesticated chickens interact more with humans and are more explorative than Red Junglefowl
Domesticated species are adapted to thrive in an environment with regular human interaction, and these interactions influence the development of a human-animal relationship. Chickens are the most abundant domesticated species, but their relationship with humans is poorly understood. A more comprehen...
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| description | Domesticated species are adapted to thrive in an environment with regular human interaction, and these interactions influence the development of a human-animal relationship. Chickens are the most abundant domesticated species, but their relationship with humans is poorly understood. A more comprehensive analysis of this relationship would provide valuable insight into their welfare needs. The present study compares the behavior of a domesticated and a non-domesticated breed of Gallus gallus in the presence of a familiar human. The domesticated breed was more active overall, and displayed more human contact-seeking behavior. These behavioral differences contribute to our understanding of the human-chicken relationship and could be helpful new insights for improving welfare of chickens in agricultural practice. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a5e2f1094b584498a61a5a0cbd45e61c2025-01-07T05:24:11ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Veterinary Science2297-17692025-01-011110.3389/fvets.2024.15230471523047Domesticated chickens interact more with humans and are more explorative than Red JunglefowlRuth Demree0Per Jensen1Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United StatesAVIAN Behavioural Genomics and Physiology Group, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, Linköping, SwedenDomesticated species are adapted to thrive in an environment with regular human interaction, and these interactions influence the development of a human-animal relationship. Chickens are the most abundant domesticated species, but their relationship with humans is poorly understood. A more comprehensive analysis of this relationship would provide valuable insight into their welfare needs. The present study compares the behavior of a domesticated and a non-domesticated breed of Gallus gallus in the presence of a familiar human. The domesticated breed was more active overall, and displayed more human contact-seeking behavior. These behavioral differences contribute to our understanding of the human-chicken relationship and could be helpful new insights for improving welfare of chickens in agricultural practice.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2024.1523047/fullactivitychickencontact-seekingdomesticationfamiliarizationhuman-animal relationship |
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| title | Domesticated chickens interact more with humans and are more explorative than Red Junglefowl |
| title_full | Domesticated chickens interact more with humans and are more explorative than Red Junglefowl |
| title_fullStr | Domesticated chickens interact more with humans and are more explorative than Red Junglefowl |
| title_full_unstemmed | Domesticated chickens interact more with humans and are more explorative than Red Junglefowl |
| title_short | Domesticated chickens interact more with humans and are more explorative than Red Junglefowl |
| title_sort | domesticated chickens interact more with humans and are more explorative than red junglefowl |
| topic | activity chicken contact-seeking domestication familiarization human-animal relationship |
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