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Hippo re-education of behavior disorders of children and teenagers
KOZIELOVÁ, Erika
The present thesis is focused on hippo rehabilitation as a novel technique for re-education of adult and child behavior disorders. The work briefly characterizes issues of adult and child behavior disorders and presents how hippo rehabilitation can be used to positively influence their bad behaviour patterns. The importance of social behavior of horses for re-education of behavior disorders is clarified based on the knowledge of the horse Etology during rehabilitation lessons. In the end of the theoretical part, ?American programme? that use mustang horses for re-socialization of prisoners is described and its parallels are implied to hippo rehabilitation. The practical part of the thesis describes a few chosen hippo rehabilitation centers in the Czech Republic and one center in Germany. Therapeutic approaches to individual client needs are discussed. The positive effect of hippo rehabilitation is documented by three attached case studies describing courses of rehabilitation. In conclusion, the chosen courses of rehabilitation are compared.
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Use of cattle and sheep breeding for landscape maintenance
HOUŠKOVÁ, Jana
The aim of my thesis was to identify and evaluate the conditions of shared breeding of cattle and sheep reached at pasture rearing as well as to set up the basic behavior of dams in both herds during the pasture period. In the research, there were involved dams (Aberdeen angus) together with 56 ewes (Suffolk runt). Ethological monitoring was done three times during the pasture period (lasting 24 hours) using the method of direct watching (10-minute intervals). Both herds were kept together during the pasture period.
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Use of enrichment for activation of wild cats (Felis silvestris) in ZOO Ohrada, Hluboka nad Vltavou.
KUCÍRKOVÁ, Kateřina
Enrichment is one of many tools used in zoos to create a komplex and diverse environment that enhances natural behavior. This work was carried out in Zoo Ohrada, Hluboká nad Vltavou at a couple of wildcat (Felis silvestris). The aim was to compare and evaluate the behavior of cats at the time with enrichment and control observation; enrichments should stimulate animals to active behavior. The food enrichment initiate interest, increased period of feeding behavior, the movement range and decreased period of rest; however the hanging food on the tree significantly increased aggression in both animals. The rag ball did not induce the expected playful behavior.
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ANALYSES OF VITAL SIGNS IN A HERB OF GOATS
LANGOVÁ, Tereza
The observations were focused on basic behavioural categories as well as on maternity behaviour. Parameters of milk efficiency of goats were monitored as well as indexes of growth of goatlings till up to 30 days of age (58 goatlings).
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ANALYSIS OF MATERNAL BEHAVIOUR IN SHEEP
JINDROVÁ, Miloslava
Ethological observation of maternal sheep behaviour took place over the year 2009, particularly in spring and autumn. Direct observation was chosen as the monitoring method. The values obtained were recorded in special ethograms. In total, 30 parturition of the valachian sheep were observed.
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Behavior analysis of the dairy cows with technology of milking robot
SCHESTAUBEROVÁ, Markéta
With the increasing consumption of milk and dairy products the number of dairy cows grew up also. But at the same time the requests on dairy cows were increasing which brought changes in technology and technique of the milking system which would be helpful with milk production, productivity of work and welfare of dairy cows. Milking robots could be a suitable solution. The first robot was installed on a farm in Netherlands in 1992. The aim of the bachelor thesis is to evaluate the basic behavior of Czech Spotted cattle based on analysis of their daily behavior with connection to dairy production and to the number of milking during the lactation. There were three ethological observations realized from June to December 2009 on a private family farm in Chlumeček near Křemže. The whole area of agricultural land is 320ha, out of which 120ha permanent grass and 210ha arable land. On this farm there are 72 dairy cows of Czech Spotted cattle in average, their hybrids and several pieces of Holstein dairy cows. The data were evaluated in the program Microsoft Excel and Statistica 9. The dairy cows gave attention to the feed intake most of all in September and that presents 26.07% of the whole day. It was 23.18% during the first observation in May and for the third observation in December 24.35% of the time. Standing of cows averaged 22.33% and the length of active time reached in average 4.33%. The lying duration of dairy cows were changed minimally during the year. At the first observation the lying period was 49.88%, at the second observation it was 48.25% and at the third observation 48.87% of the time. Quantity of milk per lactation was 4679kg in average; the highest productivity reached the group of dairy cows during the second lactation (4866kg of milk). Quantity of protein was 159.33kg in average with the content of 3.40%. The average number of milking reached 2.86 per day. The length of insemination interval was 103.49 days and service period was 159.97 days.
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Effect of robotic milking on the behavior of breeding cows
BLÁHOVÁ, Lucie
With increasing consumption of milk and milk products, there were increased number of dairy cattle, but the increase of demand for dairy cows and thus to changes in technology and technique of milking, which would increase milk production, productivity, and improve the welfare of dairy cows. An efficient solution could be milking robots. The first robot was placed on a farm in the Netherlands in 1992. The introduction of robotic milking on agricultural farms in the Czech Republic began in 2003 when the main reason was a shortage of skilled manpower that would be willing to work in harsh working and sanitary conditions. The thesis aim was to assess the effect of milking by the milking robot on the behavior of breeding cows throughout the day in relation to milk yield and fertility in relation to lactation and genotypic classification (H100, HxC, C100). The behavioral monitoring was carried out in dairy farms Brloh (milking by milking robots) and Haklových Dvorech - the control group (in the milking house) in the period from August 2009 to January 2010. The data processing was done with using the Microsoft Excel program. For the evaluation of all parameters were observed in herds calculated basic statistics. Differences disappear individual indicators were evaluated single-factor analysis of variance. The first monitoring of the findings in cattle reproductive performance was the terms of genotype. The values were found favorable for fertility groups HxC in the both stables. Length insemination interval reached 69.1 days in ZD Brloh (compared to 110.1 of the ŠZP Haklovy Dvory), length of service period of 110.8 (vs. 142.9 days). In the meantime, the length (due to differences in the number of animals in the group) was a length of 409.5 versus 438.5 in the group of breeding cows milked in a milking house (ŠZP Haklovy dvory). Further indicators of fertility were evaluated in terms of lactation. The longest length of service period was recorded at 1st lactation in ŠZP Haklovy Dvory were 176 days. The shortest service period was found at the 3rd and subsequent lactations of 133.5 days. Insemination interval, indicating the search of breeding cows, which were in a rutting season, was roughly the same at all lactation ZD Brloh (range 72.7 to 78.2 days) for the ŠZP Haklovy Dvory was the longest period of time to 2 lactation (118.9 days). In terms of breeding cows for milk yield for each lactation cows achieve greater results in the production company with robotic milking (100 days - 3539.1 kg, 200 days - 6727.5 kg of milk 305 days - 9602.9 kg of milk). Compared to the control group, where a 100 days lactation cows milked 3240.06 kg of milk 200 days produced 5433 kg to 305 of milk and 5327.18 kg of milk daily. The behavioral surveillance in both companies was carried out for 24 hours using the interval method with a 10 minutes interval period. The largest part of the day the cows were lying. The second largest dairy operations were the category of standing, which represented the average length of 6.05 hours in ZD Brloh. In the ŠZP Haklovy Dvory was the time period 5.71 hours. The significant period between groups is also the time of feeding, which in the system with the milking in milking house is much shorter by 1.79 hours and it taken 3.71 hours. The length of the movement was in the milking house more than half the size shorter and was 0.32 hours. Also, the length of staying in the milking house was about half shorter and it was 0.22 hours.
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The goat breeding on the organic farm
JIRMANNOVÁ, Kristýna
The management of goat breeding, animal welfare and the influence of goat breeding on landscape are the main aims of my bachelor thesis. The other aims are as follows: basic information about parameters of goat production, processing and market of bio-products, economy of goat breeding and subsidies in goat breeding. The goat breeding was monitoring at the Slunečná organic farm in the Šumava Mountains. The results were interpreted on the basis of the study of special literature and legislation about organic farming and ethology of goats. The data set of goat herd daily regime on farm was created. Winter daily regime and summer daily regime were compared. The conditions of goat breeding were then compared with requirements of legal rules in the Czech Republic and in the EU. The physiological and ethological needs of animals are satisfactory. It is due to modern technologies for stabling, milking, slaughtering and another handling with animals. Goats have the possibility to graze freely on pastures and they effect positively on the landscape management. They keep grasslands without woody plants and weeds.
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Life symptoms of stallions and mares
KOREŠOVÁ, Michaela
The farm, where I have watched ethological behaviour, is next to CHKO Blanský les, near the small town Lhenice. The farm is engaged in breeding of horses. The basic herd is created with warm-blooded mares of Netolice´s breeding. The aim of ethological watching was to recognize basic symptoms of behaviour of horses in their natural conditions during pasture season. These symptoms were watched in the herd of 20 mares (barren, advanced stage of pregnancy and mares with foals) and in the one of 9 stallions and 2 geldings. Everything was conducted during four of 24-hours cycles during pasture season 2008 inside each of the herds. It was recognized, that horses most of their time were accepting their fodder. The time of feeding depended on quality of the pasture fodder and at the temperature of the air. Mares spent the longest time with feeding. It was 63.84 % of the day. The stallions spent with feeding 58.90 % of the day. At the end of their pasture season in September, but it is quite normal, because the quality of pasture is during the second part of pasture season much worse. The rest, as laying and standing depended on the time, that was needed for satisfying with pasture. The longest time for have a rest was watched during the month of Juni {--} 42.50 % of the day and 46.47 % of the day during August, when the parture was the richest and temperature the highest. Moving activity was much better inside the stallion´s herd. The conflict behaviour was the same inside the both of herds and aggressive behaviour was watched during the social fighting for relationships inside both of herds.
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EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENT ON THE BEHAVIOR OF CALVES
HAISOVÁ, Dita
The aim of this work was monitored by video recordings made in the ZD Krásná Hora nad Vltavou, 6 different types of outdoor hutches and individual one on the basis of different behavior of calves to evaluate the suitability of different types either for breeding dairy calves in the period. Investigations were carried out in winter and summer, was used in recording AVI Windows Media Player with a length of 1-minute intervals. Heifers of Czech Spotted cattle were monitored. Length of stay of individual calves in outdoor hutches was from 83-87 days. The purpose of monitoring was to evaluate the length of stay of calves within each individual outdoor hutches and length of stay outside. In each hut were installed sensors, reported the values of internal temperature and relative humidity at intervals of 15 minutes. Given that microclimate should be in different climatic conditions to create an optimal environment for the calves, the criteria have been satisfied welfare length of stay inside the shed. The average outdoor temperature during the reporting period of the winter fell to -2.54° C. In this period, the individual VIB measured average indoor temperature of -0.04 ° C to -1.43 ° C. During the follow up period was recorded in summer average daily temperature of 19.79 ° C. Summer temperatures average in each of the VIB was 21.14 ° C - 22.27 ° C. These data were no statistically significant temperature differences (P ? 0.05) between the VIB in winter and in summer. The average relative humidity in the microclimate in the winter of VIB reached values ranging from 79.57% to 86.76% in summer from 59.59% to 63.55%. In the winter when evaluating indicators of microclimatic relative humidity between VIB was a statistically significant difference P?0.05 (1:2, 2:3, 2:4, 2:5, 2:6). In winter, the length of stay within the VIB calves ranged from 73.96% - 88.96% of the reference time. Differences between the lengths of stay within the VIB calves were statistically significant (P?0.05 to P?0.001). Over the summer period, length of residence either within the calves ranged from 65.68% - 80.85% of the reference time. Differences between the lengths of stay during the summer period were significant (P?0.05 to P?0.001). Total for the period was the top-rated wooden shed ZD Krasna Hora nad Vltavou.
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