TY  - SER
AU  - Abdel-Moneim,A.Y.
AU  - Abd-Alla,M.S.
AU  - Ashmawi,G.M.
TI  - Comparative study of maternal and neonatal behaviour in some Egyptian sheep and goats breeds
KW  - Parental behavior in animals
KW  - Ewes
KW  - Goats
KW  - Behaviour
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Sheep
KW  - maternal effect
N1  - Includes references
N2  - Thirty three ewes (10 Ossimi, 11 Barki and 12 Rahmani) with their lambs and eighteen does (10 Zaraibi, 5 Damascus and 3 Alpine) with their kids were used to compare between sheep and goats in different maternal and neonatal behaviour displays. Displays were recorded at three phases, a) during the first hour after birth, b) at one week after parturition and c) at two months after parturition. Animals belonged to the sheep and goat farm of the Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University. At first hour after birth, does were physically more efficient at parturition than ewes. Ewes took 1.3 min more than does to expel foetus after appearance of head at the vaginal orifice. Ewes stood for the first time after delivery, 10.5 min later than does. Does began sniffing and licking their kids 1.5 min before ewes did. However, sheep seem to exhibit expression of maternal behaviour more than goats. Compared with does, ewes spent longer time and performed more repeated licking to their lambs, more time and greater number of nursing bouts. Moreover, ewes achieved more care giving displays (higher rate of low - pitched bleats) and less repeated searching behavior for lambs (lower rate of high - pitched bleats) than does. During one hour whether after the 1st week of birth or at 2 months after parturition, ewes spent more time and frequency of licking the lamb's body, more time and number of nursing bouts than does did. Furthermore, does rejected their kids more frequently than ewes did. It was generally observed that maternal and neonatal behaviors gradually faded throughout the 2nd and 3rd phases. The attained results revealed that the mother - young attachment in sheep is stronger than in goats
UR  - http://nile.enal.sci.eg/EALE/2005/MUJAS/3005/12/A/7367.pdf
ER  -