Do prey-animals in zoos need predators?
… visual models could be one approach when designing enrichments, this because prey-animals seem to have an innate system for recognizing predators visually.
Uppsatser om prey animals
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Klövspaltsinflammation
bakteriologi, terapival och möjliga anledningar till terapisvikt
… the time snow leopards spent at kills. It was found that snow leopard age and prey category affected time spent at kills and also that snow leopard sex together with prey category affected the maximum distance moved away from kills between visits. Season had no significant …
Movement patterns of snow leopard (Panthera uncia) around kills based on GPS location clusters
… the time snow leopards spent at kills. It was found that snow leopard age and prey category affected time spent at kills and also that snow leopard sex together with prey category affected the maximum distance moved away from kills between visits. Season had no significant …
Vilka stereotypier finns hos brunbjörn (Ursus arctos), lodjur (Lynx lynx) och varg (Canis lupus) i djurpark och vilka berikningar finns?
förslag och rekommendationer om berikningar utifrån djurens beteendeekologi
… forest habitats and want to have different habitat for hunting, eating the prey and rest. The premier food is roe deer (Capreolus capreolus). Lynx hunt by persecute and stalking the prey to start the attack from a short distance. Lynx has dispersed promiscuous system where …
Mellan makt och myt
om gravritual och brända ben från en småländsk vikingatida gravhög
… were fragile and very fragmented. One of the birds was determined as a bird of prey, and that together with findings of horses and dogs indicates hunting with bird of prey, an activity performed only by powerful and wealthy individuals. The woman was buried in a mound of notable …
Echinococcus multilocularis in wild boar
aiming at an alternative surveillance method
… develop fully in these animals or that these animals are unlikely to become prey to a definitive host. Examples of accidental hosts are wild boar and pig (Sus scrofa) and horse (Equus ferus caballus). The lesions found in pigs are similar to those in the intermediate hosts, but …
Movement patterns of Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) around their kills in southern Sweden
… has a high density of both people and roads and have a higher roe deer (main prey of lynx) density than the rest of the country. Movement patterns such as how long animals utilize their kills and how far they travel from their kills between revisits is unknown for lynx in …
On the hunt for improvements
possibilities of increasing welfare in captive cheetahs through hunting enrichment
… into main sequences of location, capturing, killing and processing of the prey. Since hunting behaviour is a natural behaviour often deprived from the animals in captivity I looked at possibilities of enrichments to stimulate this behaviour. Feasible enrichments could be feeding …
Omvårdnad av kanin på klinik
en litteraturstudie
… ways and their needs as patients differ as well. Rabbits are herbivorous prey animals. To avoid predators, they are very reluctant to show any sign of weakness for as long as they can. This means that the caretaker has to be aware of very subtle signs to be able to detect …
Micro plastics in the oceans and their effect on the marine fauna
… plastics are ingested by marine animals ” mistaking them for plankton ” or via prey. When ingested, the particles affect the animals due to their physical properties, their chemical properties (the plastic polymer itself and additives) and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) …
Preoperativ analgetisk behandling med vedaprofen vid kastration av unghingst
utvärdering av pre- och postoperativt beteende
… without additional analgesics attempted to hide pain. Horses are animals of prey and those showing pain are the most probable to be eaten by carnivores.
Skillnader mellan länsstyrelser ? takhöjd för häst
… of the horse and may increase the risk of the horse being injured. Horses are prey animals that flee in situations of potential danger. If a horse perceives danger in a stable they may hit the ceiling when trying to flee, if the ceiling height is too low. The horse can also hit …
Habitat preference and foraging behaviour in adult red-tailed monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius)
… food. Curiously, we did not record any cases of feeding on arthropod prey despite the fact that the other studies reported this to be an important part of the red-tailed monkey’s diet. The methods used in this study proved viable for observations of the red-tailed monkey’s …
Foster owner factors influence temperament test results of military dogs and their suitability for service
… dog to enter service. Temperament test items that were related to play e.g. prey drive, retrieving and tug of war, and items related to confidence had the strongest correlation with the number of training opportunities and the foster owner factors. In conclusion, the most …