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Mothered herbivores are more fearful towards humans than those reared artificially, However, in previous studies, both human contact and maternal environment factors have been confounded. This paper investigates the influence of early human contact (petting, bottle feeding) given to lambs reared artificially in the presence or absence of the dam, on their socialisation to the stockperson. Forty-eight lambs were studied. From day 1 of age until 7 weeks of age (weaning), half the lambs (M1) were individually reared in the presence of their dam and one twin lamb behind a grid. At weaning the dams were removed. The rest of the lambs (M0) were reared only in the presence of their twin lamb behind the grid. In each M0 or M1 group, half the animals received human contact until 6 days of age (H1), and the other half were not handled (H0). Later, they had no visual contact with humans during husbandry. Response to the stockperson was measured during the initial sessions of human contact. during tests in the rearing pen (at 4 and 9 weeks of age) and in a test pen at 5 and 10 weeks of age. In addition, responses to a novel object in the rearing pen at 3 and 8 weeks of age, and preference for the stockperson or their familiar conspecific(s) (no dam after weaning) at 6 and 11 weeks of age were also measured. During the sessions of human contact, lambs stayed in contact to the stockperson whatever their maternal environment. Later, whatever the age, H1 lambs approached the stockperson more quickly (P < 0.01) and interacted for longer (P < 0.05) in the different tests than H0. However, M0H1 lambs approached the stockperson (P < 0.05) more than the other lambs, even in the choice test (P < 0.01). In addition, M0 animals approached the novel object more than M1 lambs at 3 weeks of age (P < 0.05), but not after weaning, and tried less to rush out into the conspecific(s)'s pen at any age (P < 0.01). The results clearly show the effect of the maternal environment on lambs' socialisa

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This book presents cross-discipline studies covering aspects ranging from animal science to social/consumer sciences and psychology, with the aim to collect and disseminate information promoting the continuous enhancement of animal welfare by improving stakeholders’ perception of animal welfare. Although animal welfare is about how the animals perceive the surrounding environment, the actual welfare of the animals is dependent on how the stakeholders perceive and weigh animal welfare. The stakeholders can, either directly (i.e., through stock-people interaction with the animals) or indirectly (e.g., when retailers and consumers are willing to pay more for high welfare animal-based products), affect the way animals are kept and handled.

education --- animal welfare --- young adult --- welfare --- stunning --- human health --- perception --- slaughter --- pig --- pigs --- children --- livestock --- laying hen --- racehorse welfare --- qualitative research --- free elicitation narrative interviews --- knowledge --- fear --- milk production --- ethical concerns --- food safety concerns --- agreement --- stakeholder perception --- castration --- sheep farmers --- farmer perception --- animal ethics --- goat --- benefit --- horse --- dairy buffalo --- animal attitudes --- turkey --- farm animal welfare (FAW) --- animal --- survey --- Animal welfare --- husbandry practices --- willingness to pay --- donkey --- avoidance distance --- training --- stockperson behaviour --- stockpeople attitudes --- farm animal welfare --- farm animals --- veterinary students --- broiler --- text mining --- religious slaughter --- profit --- consumer --- sheep --- egg farm --- Halal meat --- pain --- employee relations --- standards of care --- animal behavior --- consumer demand --- albumen corticosterone --- aggression --- technology --- transport --- test-retest reliability --- desensitization --- producer perspective --- economics --- pain perception --- Asia --- horse–human relationship --- lambs --- veterinary student --- human-animal relationship --- information --- citizen perception --- immunocastration --- perceived consumer effectiveness --- staff shortages