Water sprinkling as a tool for heat abatement in farmed Iberian red deer: Effects on calf growth and behaviour

Climatic models predict scenarios in which ambient temperature will continue increasing worldwide. Under these climatic conditions, fitness and animal welfare of many populations are expected to suffer, especially those that live in captive or semi-natural conditions, where opportunities of heat aba...

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Autores: Pérez-Barbería, Francisco J., Arroyo-González, Irene, García, Andrés J., Serrano, Martina P., Gallego, Laureano, Landete-Castillejos, Tomás
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Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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spelling Water sprinkling as a tool for heat abatement in farmed Iberian red deer: Effects on calf growth and behaviourPérez-Barbería, Francisco J.Arroyo-González, IreneGarcía, Andrés J.Serrano, Martina P.Gallego, LaureanoLandete-Castillejos, TomásClimatic models predict scenarios in which ambient temperature will continue increasing worldwide. Under these climatic conditions, fitness and animal welfare of many populations are expected to suffer, especially those that live in captive or semi-natural conditions, where opportunities of heat abatement are limited. We undertook an experimental design to assess the effect of heat abatement that water sprinkling might have on Iberian red deer calf growth and behaviour from birth to weaning (135 days). One group of ten mother-calf pairs lived on plots with water sprinkling (treatment) available during summer’s hottest time of the day, while the control group (nine mother-calf pairs) occupied plots with no available water sprinkling. Treatment and control groups were fed ad libitum and swapped between plots every seven days to minimise any plot effect. Body weight was monitored weekly and individual behaviour was recorded once or twice a week at mid-day. We observed that calves had showers under the sprinklers and wallowed in mud puddles. The results clearly indicated that calves of the treatment group showed a significant increase in body weight at weaning in comparison with the control group, with no differences between sexes (treatment: male = 56.5 kg, female = 50.3 kg; control: male = 50.3 kg, female = 46.5 kg). Mother weight and mother age effects were negligible on calf body weight at weaning. The heavier the mother the faster was the rate of growth of its offspring, irrespective of calf sex. The model indicated that although males grew significantly slower than female calves in the control group, males grew faster than females when exposed to the treatment. Calves of the treatment group spent less time drinking, less time in the shade, similar time eating and more time in motion than calves of the control group. There were no behavioural differences between calf sexes of treatment and control groups. The results indicate the importance of providing animals with opportunities of heat abatement in hot environments to improve animal growth and welfare in farmed Iberian red deer.The authors are grateful to Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Retos-Colaboración program, Project INCYDEN, RTC-2016-5327-2) and Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha (research project SBPLY/19/180501/000115) and programe Beatriz Galindo 2020 (Plan Estatal de Política Científica y Técnica y de Innovación CNU/692/2019) for financial support.Peer reviewedPublic Library of ScienceMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad (España)Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La ManchaConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202220222021info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/265336https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249540reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//RTC-2016-5327-2https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249540Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/2653362026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Water sprinkling as a tool for heat abatement in farmed Iberian red deer: Effects on calf growth and behaviour
title Water sprinkling as a tool for heat abatement in farmed Iberian red deer: Effects on calf growth and behaviour
spellingShingle Water sprinkling as a tool for heat abatement in farmed Iberian red deer: Effects on calf growth and behaviour
Pérez-Barbería, Francisco J.
title_short Water sprinkling as a tool for heat abatement in farmed Iberian red deer: Effects on calf growth and behaviour
title_full Water sprinkling as a tool for heat abatement in farmed Iberian red deer: Effects on calf growth and behaviour
title_fullStr Water sprinkling as a tool for heat abatement in farmed Iberian red deer: Effects on calf growth and behaviour
title_full_unstemmed Water sprinkling as a tool for heat abatement in farmed Iberian red deer: Effects on calf growth and behaviour
title_sort Water sprinkling as a tool for heat abatement in farmed Iberian red deer: Effects on calf growth and behaviour
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pérez-Barbería, Francisco J.
Arroyo-González, Irene
García, Andrés J.
Serrano, Martina P.
Gallego, Laureano
Landete-Castillejos, Tomás
author Pérez-Barbería, Francisco J.
author_facet Pérez-Barbería, Francisco J.
Arroyo-González, Irene
García, Andrés J.
Serrano, Martina P.
Gallego, Laureano
Landete-Castillejos, Tomás
author_role author
author2 Arroyo-González, Irene
García, Andrés J.
Serrano, Martina P.
Gallego, Laureano
Landete-Castillejos, Tomás
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
description Climatic models predict scenarios in which ambient temperature will continue increasing worldwide. Under these climatic conditions, fitness and animal welfare of many populations are expected to suffer, especially those that live in captive or semi-natural conditions, where opportunities of heat abatement are limited. We undertook an experimental design to assess the effect of heat abatement that water sprinkling might have on Iberian red deer calf growth and behaviour from birth to weaning (135 days). One group of ten mother-calf pairs lived on plots with water sprinkling (treatment) available during summer’s hottest time of the day, while the control group (nine mother-calf pairs) occupied plots with no available water sprinkling. Treatment and control groups were fed ad libitum and swapped between plots every seven days to minimise any plot effect. Body weight was monitored weekly and individual behaviour was recorded once or twice a week at mid-day. We observed that calves had showers under the sprinklers and wallowed in mud puddles. The results clearly indicated that calves of the treatment group showed a significant increase in body weight at weaning in comparison with the control group, with no differences between sexes (treatment: male = 56.5 kg, female = 50.3 kg; control: male = 50.3 kg, female = 46.5 kg). Mother weight and mother age effects were negligible on calf body weight at weaning. The heavier the mother the faster was the rate of growth of its offspring, irrespective of calf sex. The model indicated that although males grew significantly slower than female calves in the control group, males grew faster than females when exposed to the treatment. Calves of the treatment group spent less time drinking, less time in the shade, similar time eating and more time in motion than calves of the control group. There were no behavioural differences between calf sexes of treatment and control groups. The results indicate the importance of providing animals with opportunities of heat abatement in hot environments to improve animal growth and welfare in farmed Iberian red deer.
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