Browsing by Author "Byrd, Christopher J."

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Do Domestic Pigs Acquire a Positive Perception of Humans through Observational Social Learning?

Luna, Daniela; González, Catalina; Byrd, Christopher J.; Palomo Bartolotti, Rocío María Paz; Huenul, Elizabeth; Figueroa, Jaime (MDPI, 2021)

The human-animal relationship is an important component of farm animal welfare. Previous studies have shown that allowing animals to observe the gentle handling of a conspecific reduces fear and increases their affinity ...
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The effect of demonstrator social rank on the attentiveness and motivation of pigs to positively interact ...

Luna, Daniela; González, Catalina; Byrd, Christopher J.; Palomo Bartolotti, Rocío María Paz; Huenul, Elizabeth; Figueroa, Jaime (MDPI, 2021)

In this study, we addressed the social attentiveness, as well as the phenomenon of social facilitation and inhibition in the context of a positive human–pig relationship. Specifically, we investigated whether the social ...