Tactile Preferences in Goats: Implications for Animal-Assisted Interventions.

Patrycja Magdalena Masier, Agnieszka Ziemiańska, Kamila Janicka, Wiktoria Janicka, Marta Wójcik, Iwona Rozempolska-Rucińska

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Patrycja Magdalena MasierInstitute of Biological Basis of Animal Production, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0009-0000-9244-2276

Agnieszka ZiemiańskaInstitute of Biological Basis of Animal Production, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3272-9862

Kamila JanickaInstitute of Biological Basis of Animal Production, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8891-5384

Wiktoria JanickaInstitute of Biological Basis of Animal Production, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5489-6189

Marta WójcikOncology Lab, Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3903-1141

Iwona Rozempolska-RucińskaInstitute of Biological Basis of Animal Production, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.

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Abstract

Tactile contact is a key element of animal-assisted interventions (AAI), yet its effects on the animals involved remain poorly understood. Seven adult goats were included in the experiment, which examined three factors influencing tactile contact: the body region (head/neck, trunk, hindquarters; R1-R3), the ordinal position in the stroking sequence (first, second, third; O1-O3) and the location context (slightly enriched goat house and a highly enriched pasture; L1, L2). It was found that when stroking occurred first in the position of the sequence (O1), the duration of touch was significantly shorter (

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animal-assisted interventionsgoat-assisted interventionshuman–animal relationshiptactile contacttactile preferences

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PMID41829043

DOI10.3390/ani16050835

PMCPMC12984130

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