Comparative Evaluation of the Temperaments of Charolais and Hungarian Grey Steers

Autor: Rita Zándoki, A. Szentléleki, Katalin Maros, Tibor Kovács, Zoltán Domokos, János Tőzsér, László Sváb
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Acta Agraria Debreceniensis. :14-19
ISSN: 2416-1640
1587-1282
DOI: 10.34101/actaagrar/14/3362
Popis: Animal breeding increasingly lays claim to the theoretical and practical knowledge of applied ethology. The authors’ aim was to evaluate and compare the temperaments of Charolais (CH, n= 10) and Hungarian Grey (HG, n= 10) steers, and also to determine the correlation between their temperament scores and flight speed scores. Temperament was evaluated by the results of the scale test (assessing of behaviour in a 1-5 score system, while the animal is standing on a scale for 30 seconds) and flight speed test (minutes it takes the animal to move a set distance of 1.7 m when leaving the scale), on three occasions (1, 2, 3). Data management was done by SPSS.10 (ANOVA, Mann-Whitney-test, Spearman-correlation). Results of the scale test differed significantly between breeds at the third measurement (CH: 2,9 scores; HG: 1,4 scores; P
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