Document Type : Research article
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1Department of Anatomy and histopathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani, New Sulaimani, Street 27, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Northern Iraq
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2Department of Basic sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani, New Sulaimani, Street 27, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Northern Iraq
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3Department of surgery and theriogenology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani, New Sulaimani, Street 27, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Northern Iraq
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4Department of Clinic and Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani, New Sulaimani, Street 27, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Northern Iraq
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the behaviour of Meriz goats using environmental enrichment technique. Sixteen goats aged two-four years, were divided into two equal groups, one group was placed in a stall without any enrichment (control), while the other group placed in another stall with enrichment. The enriched stall had six objects including canopy, grooming brush, suspended tire, trunk of tree, and plastic PET bottle suspended and freely move on the floor. The goats’ behaviours were observed for eighty minutes in the morning and eighty minutes in the evening for fifteen consecutive days. Focal-animal sampling methods were used to record the behaviours, in which each animal was observed for ten-minutes period each day. Results revealed that the animals of enriched environment group displayed lower frequency of stereotypic and abnormal behaviour than control group. The mean frequencies of the groups were significantly different (P
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