Sheep laterality

Turning preferences among 309 white-faced ewes were individually evaluated in an enclosed, artificially lit T-maze, followed by each ewe choosing either a right or left return alley to return to peers. Data recorded included time in the start box, time in the T-maze, exit arm chosen to leave the T-m...

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Published in:Laterality (Hove) 2013-03, Vol.18 (2), p.179-193
Main Authors: Anderson, Dean M., Murray, Leigh W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Arms
Behavior, Animal - physiology
Behavioural lateralisation
Brain - physiology
Female
Functional Laterality - physiology
Handedness
Laterality
Livestock behaviour
Maze Learning - physiology
Preferences
Sheep
T-maze
Time of day
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Summary:Turning preferences among 309 white-faced ewes were individually evaluated in an enclosed, artificially lit T-maze, followed by each ewe choosing either a right or left return alley to return to peers. Data recorded included time in the start box, time in the T-maze, exit arm chosen to leave the T-maze, and return alley. Right and left arms of the T-maze were chosen 65.7% and 34.3% of the time, respectively, while right and left return alleys were chosen 32.4% and 67.6%, respectively. Exit arm and return alley were not independently chosen (p
ISSN:1357-650X
1464-0678
DOI:10.1080/1357650X.2011.647919