Serum Oxytocin, Cortisol and Social Behavior in Calves: A Study in the Impossible Task Paradigm
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Animals
2.2. Testing Procedure
2.3. Behavioral Assessment
2.4. Blood Sampling and Hormones Assay
2.5. Statistical Approach
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Behaviour | Description |
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Apparatus-DB | Behaviours directed at the apparatus in an attempt to open it and reach food (e.g., touch, push, licking, biting, nibbling). |
Caregiver-DB | Behaviours directed at the caregiver to gain physical contact with him (e.g., touch, push, licking, biting). |
Stranger-DB | Behaviours directed at the stranger to gain physical contact with him (e.g., touch, push, licking, biting). |
Oxytocin | Cortisol | Apparatus-DB | Caregiver-DB | Stranger-DB | ||||||
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coef. | p-value | coef. | p-value | coef. | p-value | coef. | p-value | coef. | p-value | |
Oxytocin | 1 | |||||||||
Cortisol | 0.219 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Apparatus-DB | −0.023 | 1 | 0.403 | 0.183 | 1 | |||||
Caregiver-DB | −0.268 | 0.781 | −0.478 | 0.063 | −0.654 | 0.002 * | 1 | |||
Stranger-DB | 0.040 | 1 | −0.172 | 1 | −0.644 | 0.002 * | 0.496 | 0.047 * | 1 |
Oxytocin | Cortisol | Apparatus-DB | Caregiver-DB | Stranger-DB | ||||||
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coef. | p-value | coef. | p-value | coef. | p-value | coef. | p-value | coef. | p-value | |
Oxytocin | 1 | |||||||||
Cortisol | 0.219 | 1.168 | 1 | |||||||
Apparatus-DB | −0.089 | 1 | −0.179 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Caregiver-DB | −0.147 | 1 | −0.288 | 0.651 | 0.182 | 1 | ||||
Stranger-DB | −0.040 | 1 | 0.031 | 1 | 0.175 | 1 | 0.330 | 0.428 | 1 |
Oxytocin | Cortisol | Apparatus-DB | Caregiver-DB | Stranger-DB | ||||||
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coef. | p-value | coef. | p-value | coef. | p-value | coef. | p-value | coef. | p-value | |
Oxytocin | 1 | |||||||||
Cortisol | 0.219 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Apparatus-DB | 0.067 | 1 | 0.280 | 0.704 | 1 | |||||
Caregiver-DB | 0.248 | 0.928 | 0.565 | 0.013 * | −0.086 | 1 | ||||
Stranger-DB | 0.071 | 1 | −0.106 | 1 | −0.044 | 1 | 0.256 | 0.868 | 1 |
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Pinelli, C.; Scandurra, A.; Mastellone, V.; Iommelli, P.; Musco, N.; Pero, M.E.; Di Lucrezia, A.; Lotito, D.; Tudisco, R.; D’Aniello, B.; et al. Serum Oxytocin, Cortisol and Social Behavior in Calves: A Study in the Impossible Task Paradigm. Animals 2023, 13, 646. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13040646
Pinelli C, Scandurra A, Mastellone V, Iommelli P, Musco N, Pero ME, Di Lucrezia A, Lotito D, Tudisco R, D’Aniello B, et al. Serum Oxytocin, Cortisol and Social Behavior in Calves: A Study in the Impossible Task Paradigm. Animals. 2023; 13(4):646. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13040646
Chicago/Turabian StylePinelli, Claudia, Anna Scandurra, Vincenzo Mastellone, Piera Iommelli, Nadia Musco, Maria Elena Pero, Alfredo Di Lucrezia, Daria Lotito, Raffaella Tudisco, Biagio D’Aniello, and et al. 2023. "Serum Oxytocin, Cortisol and Social Behavior in Calves: A Study in the Impossible Task Paradigm" Animals 13, no. 4: 646. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13040646
APA StylePinelli, C., Scandurra, A., Mastellone, V., Iommelli, P., Musco, N., Pero, M. E., Di Lucrezia, A., Lotito, D., Tudisco, R., D’Aniello, B., Infascelli, F., & Lombardi, P. (2023). Serum Oxytocin, Cortisol and Social Behavior in Calves: A Study in the Impossible Task Paradigm. Animals, 13(4), 646. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13040646