Observations Regarding the Duration of Feeding Behaviour when Intensively Farmed Coypus (Nutrias) are Fed with Barley and Carrots

Authors

  • Ioan Bănățean-Dunea Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Timisoara, 300645, Calea Aradului street, no 119, Romania
  • Ioan Bănățean-Dunea Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Timisoara, 300645, Calea Aradului street, no 119, Romania
  • Marian Bura Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Timisoara, 300645, Calea Aradului street, no 119, Romania
  • Adrian Grozea Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Timisoara, 300645, Calea Aradului street, no 119, Romania
  • Silvia Pătruică Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Timisoara, 300645, Calea Aradului street, no 119, Romania
  • Sorin Voia Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Timisoara, 300645, Calea Aradului street, no 119, Romania
  • Mărioara Nicula Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Timisoara, 300645, Calea Aradului street, no 119, Romania

Keywords:

coypu, feeding behaviour, intensive system

Abstract

The studies on coypu behaviour are applied in the development of knowledge regarding ethology, in the coypu-breeding technology, animal welfare and, at the moment, they present great importance for animal protection. The biological material studied was consisted of health adult coypus, belonging to the variety Golden Standard with a similar body mass. The indices supervised were: feeding behaviour duration if coypus are fed with barley and carrots according to gender and time slot, the duration of one feeding sequence according to forage consumed and gender and the number of feeding sequences according to forage consumed and gender. For realising the purposed aim, each coypu was monitorized (video), individually, 24 hours a day. The duration of feeding behaviour when coypus are fed with barley and carrots was 4507.88±38.99 seconds for males (5.21% of the behavioural manifestations), and for coypu females, the duration of feeding behaviour was 4576.63±26.01 seconds (5.29% of the behavioural manifestations). The most intense manifestations of the feeding behaviour took place in the time slots 08:00-14:00 and 14:00-20:00, and the lowest intensity of the feeding behaviour manifestations took place in the time slot 02:00-08:00.

References

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Bănăţean–Dunea I., Bura M., Grozea A., Popescu I., Pătruică Silvia: Observation regarding the feeding behaviour of adult coypus males (Myocastor coypus) in the cold season. The 33rd International Scientific Communications Session, Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Bucharest, 2004, P 109-113.

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Published

2023-10-03

Issue

Vol. 43 No. 2 (2010): Scientific Papers: Animal Science and Biotechnologies

Section

Etology and Animal Welfare

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