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    Estudio de las interacciones sociales y la din谩mica temporal de locomoci贸n dentro de grupos sociales de codornices (Coturnix japonica) clasificadas seg煤n su nivel de temor y agresividad.

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    Tesina (Grado en Ciencias Biol贸gicas)--Universidad Nacional de C贸rdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, F铆sicas y Naturales. Lugar de Trabajo: C谩tedra de Qu铆mica Biol贸gica - Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnolog铆a de los Alimentos, ICTA. e Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas, IIByT-U.N.C. 2017. 38 h.; grafs.; tabls. Contiene Referencias Bibliogr谩ficas.Las pr谩cticas modernas de cr铆a de aves de corral las obligan a desarrollarse dentro de grupos sociales que difiere significativamente de los naturales, lo que puede crear un desajuste entre las caracter铆sticas individuales y su entorno social, afectando su bienestar. En particular, las caracter铆sticas de los integrantes de un grupo social (nivel de temor y agresividad) podr铆a determinar la frecuencia de las interacciones agresivas y comportamientos reproductivos entre ellos, resultando en un efecto modulador del patr贸n de locomoci贸n de cada ave del grupo. Para evaluar esta hip贸tesis utilizamos un conjunto de 4 pruebas [J1] para clasificar a codornices japonesas seg煤n su nivel de temor y agresividad, con la finalidad de crear dos tipos de grupos sociales (un macho y dos hembras) con caracter铆sticas divergentes. Se les evalu贸 el comportamiento el primer y tercer d铆a de conformarse el grupo. Principalmente, observamos que hembras del grupo m谩s temerosos con machos m谩s agresivos mostraron un patr贸n de locomoci贸n menos complejo y recibieron 14 veces m谩s picotazos el tercer d铆a que el grupo de tipo divergente, lo que indica que la diferencia en la complejidad del patr贸n de locomoci贸n entre grupos observado en las hembras, podr铆a deberse a la perturbaci贸n diferencial inducido por los machos hacia las hembras

    High-resolution behavioral time series of Japanese quail within their social environment

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    The behavioral dynamics within a social group not only could depend on individual traits and social-experience of each member, but more importantly, emerges from inter-individual interactions over time. Herein, we first present a dataset, as well as the corresponding original video recordings, of the results of 4 behavioral tests associated with fear and aggressive response performed on 106 Japanese quail. In a second stage, birds were housed with conspecifics that performed similarly in the behavioral tests in groups of 2 females and 1 male. By continuously monitoring each bird in these small social groups, we obtained time series of social and reproductive behavior, and high-resolution locomotor time series. This approach provides the opportunity to perform precise quantification of the temporal dynamics of behavior at an individual level within different social scenarios including when an individual showing continued aggressive behaviors is present. These unique datasets and videos are publicly available in Figshare and can be used in further analysis, or for comparison with existing or future data sets or mathematical models across different taxa.Fil: Caliva, Jorge Mart铆n. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient铆ficas y T茅cnicas. Centro Cient铆fico Tecnol贸gico Conicet - C贸rdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas. Universidad Nacional de C贸rdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, F铆sicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas; ArgentinaFil: Alcala, Rocio Soledad. Universidad Nacional de C贸rdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas F铆sicas y Naturales. Instituto de Ciencias y Tecnolog铆a de los Alimentos; ArgentinaFil: Guzm谩n, Diego Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient铆ficas y T茅cnicas. Centro Cient铆fico Tecnol贸gico Conicet - C贸rdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas. Universidad Nacional de C贸rdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, F铆sicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas; ArgentinaFil: Marin, Raul Hector. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient铆ficas y T茅cnicas. Centro Cient铆fico Tecnol贸gico Conicet - C贸rdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas. Universidad Nacional de C贸rdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, F铆sicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas; ArgentinaFil: Kembro, Jackelyn Melissa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient铆ficas y T茅cnicas. Centro Cient铆fico Tecnol贸gico Conicet - C贸rdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas. Universidad Nacional de C贸rdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, F铆sicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas; Argentin

    One-hour social and reproductive behavioral time series of Japanese quail in diverse social environments

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    We favor the conformation of divergent social environments by using the preselecting animals based on a combination of the 4 behavioral tests described in the project description. Social groups composed of three adult quail, 2 females and 1 male (156-171 days old). We evaluated social and reproductive behavior in these groups. Groups were housed in a white wooden apparatus measuring 80 x 40 x 40 cm (width x length x height, respectively) with wood-shavings on the floor. A feeder and an automatic nipple drinker were positioned in opposite corners of the apparatus. Nylon monofilament line was extended over the top of the boxes with a 1 cm separation in order to prevent the birds from escaping without interfering with their visualization. A video camera was suspended 1.5m above the box. Since only 4 social groups could be tested simultaneously, the setup was repeated 3 consecutive times. For convenience boxes in which each social group were placed were numbered 1-12, where boxes 1-4 were tested simultaneously first, 5-8 second and 9-12 last. We used the ANY-MAZE@ to register the following behaviors as described in Caliva et al. (2017) during a one-hour period between 9 and 10 am inmediatly after placing in box (Day1) after 48h of habituation to the novel setting (Day3): Pecks: when one bird raises its head and vigorously pecks the other bird?s body (usually on the head). Grabs: when a male catches (?grabs?) with their beak the neck or head region of the female. Mounts: while performing a grab, the male approaches a female from behind, and places both feet on the dorsal surface of its torso, stepping over the females? tail. Cloacal contacts: during mounting, the male lifts his tail and tilts his pelvis underneath the other bird and briefly presses its cloaca against the female. Threats: one bird stands with its neck and head raised in front of the other bird that usually has its head at a lower level than the first. Chase: a bird runs after another that is escaping. Foraging: pecking at the ground or actively moving litter with beak. Feeding: peaking at food in the feeding trough. Dust bathing: vertical wing shakes in a lying position . Time series denote with the number one changes towards actively performing the given behavior, while the number zero indicates cessation of that behavior. All time series are stored as text files (.txt). Considering that the 36 animals were evaluated in 12 mixed-sex groups of 3 birds in individual experimental boxes, each subject quail was identified by their experimental group number (Box), ID number of wing band, and sex (femaleA, femaleB or male). In the case of females an indication A or B is used to discriminate between the two. In the file name an indication of the corresponding bird is provided as "BoxN潞_IDN潞_sex_DayN潞" Data descriptor submitted to Sci Data "High resolution behavioral time series of Japanese quail within their their social environment"Fil: Alcala, Rocio Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient铆ficas y T茅cnicas. Centro Cient铆fico Tecnol贸gico Conicet - C贸rdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas. Universidad Nacional de C贸rdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, F铆sicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas; ArgentinaFil: Caliva, Jorge Mart铆n. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient铆ficas y T茅cnicas. Centro Cient铆fico Tecnol贸gico Conicet - C贸rdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas. Universidad Nacional de C贸rdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, F铆sicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas; ArgentinaFil: Guzm谩n, Diego Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient铆ficas y T茅cnicas. Centro Cient铆fico Tecnol贸gico Conicet - C贸rdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas. Universidad Nacional de C贸rdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, F铆sicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas; ArgentinaFil: Marin, Raul Hector. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient铆ficas y T茅cnicas. Centro Cient铆fico Tecnol贸gico Conicet - C贸rdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas. Universidad Nacional de C贸rdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, F铆sicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas; ArgentinaFil: Kembro, Jackelyn Melissa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient铆ficas y T茅cnicas. Centro Cient铆fico Tecnol贸gico Conicet - C贸rdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas. Universidad Nacional de C贸rdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, F铆sicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas; Argentin

    Four behavioral tests associated with fear and aggressiveness in Japanese quail

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    Japanese quail were evaluated in 4 tests, performed aproximately 30 days appart from each other. Partial mechanical restraint test , Social Interaction, Tonic Inmovility and Welfare assesment Partial mechanical restraint test was performed at 40 days of age. This test consists in restricting the movement of the animal between two walls of a melamine box of 20 x 10 cm (height per width, respectively) with the characteristic that the front wall was made of glass, and the back wall was adjustable to induce immobility in such a way that the animal cannot open the wings, but can move the head and legs (Jones et al 2000). The experimenters retreated out of the birds' sight, and the test was during 5 minutes recorded with a video camera place in front of the box. All the birds were tested in 31 batches of 4 animals each, where the birds had no visual or physical contact between each other. The video was analyzed manually, and the following variables were recorded: the latency to struggle considered as time between the initiation of restraint until the first struggling episode (defined as the movement of the legs of the animal trying to escape) and the number of struggles during the observation period. The struggle episodes were considered different if they were separated by 5 s or more. The immobility of the animal during the test has been widely considered in the literature as an indicator of intense fear. Social interaction (SI) test was performed between 70 days of age. This test is described in detail in Caliva et al (2017, Poult Sci9 6(12):4140-4150). Briefly, the SI test consists in a 5 min encounter between an unfamiliar test adult bird and a photocastrated stimulus adult male, in the presence of the test bird?s cagemate (audience). A video-camera was positioned 1 m above the apparatus and connected to a computer that allowed constant monitoring and recording during the test while out of the sight of the birds. Using behavioral tracking software (Any-maze, 2015) the following aggressive behaviors were recorded: Pecks: when one bird raises its head and vigorously pecks the other bird?s body (usually on the head). Grabs: when a male catches (?grabs?) with their beak the neck or head region of the female. Mounts: while performing a grab, the male approaches a female from behind, and places both feet on the dorsal surface of its torso, stepping over the females? tail. Cloacal contacts: during mounting, the male lifts his tail and tilts his pelvis underneath the other bird and briefly presses its cloaca against the female. Threats: one bird stands with its neck and head raised in front of the other bird that usually has itshead at a lower level than the first. Chase: a bird runs after another that is escaping. Attack with claws. Tonic immobility (IT) test was performed at 100 days of age, the individual was place in the left lateral decubitus and hold for 15 seconds, holding him with both hands against a support base (one hand on the head and another in the body). We recorded the number of inductions to achieve an immobility of at least 10 seconds and the duration of the immobility (IT). A long duration of IT and a smaller number of necessary inductions is indicative of a high level of fear as opposed to a short response 41. If IT was not attained after 5 successive attempts, the bird was considered not to be susceptible and scores of 0 were given for TI duration.Fil: Caliva, Jorge Mart铆n. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient铆ficas y T茅cnicas. Centro Cient铆fico Tecnol贸gico Conicet - C贸rdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas. Universidad Nacional de C贸rdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, F铆sicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas; ArgentinaFil: Alcala, Rocio Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient铆ficas y T茅cnicas. Centro Cient铆fico Tecnol贸gico Conicet - C贸rdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas. Universidad Nacional de C贸rdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, F铆sicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas; ArgentinaFil: Guzm谩n, Diego Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient铆ficas y T茅cnicas. Centro Cient铆fico Tecnol贸gico Conicet - C贸rdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas. Universidad Nacional de C贸rdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, F铆sicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas; ArgentinaFil: Marin, Raul Hector. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient铆ficas y T茅cnicas. Centro Cient铆fico Tecnol贸gico Conicet - C贸rdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas. Universidad Nacional de C贸rdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, F铆sicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas; ArgentinaFil: Kembro, Jackelyn Melissa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient铆ficas y T茅cnicas. Centro Cient铆fico Tecnol贸gico Conicet - C贸rdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas. Universidad Nacional de C贸rdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, F铆sicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas y Tecnol贸gicas; Argentin
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