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Welfare a životní projevy hospodářských zvířat chovaných v zoologických zahradách
Hanzlíková, Kateřina
Welfare and livestock's natural behaviors in zoo. This Bachelor thesis describes and introduction into literature review, animal welfare, small ruminant's basic daily activities and brief summary of the zoo's history. The part of bachelor thesis is ethological observations of behavior in a group of small ruminants in petting zoo Zoopark, Zájezd village o.p.s. Daily activities such as feed intake (fluid intake including), defecation and urination, taxe, standing, playful behavior, social behavior, comfortable behavior, rumination standing or lying, rest and interested visitors were monitored. The interaction among animal and visitor and biting objects such as boots, harness and clothes is a part of interested behavior. It is obvious from the results that animals are rumination lying down or standing up more often and for longer periods with visitors absence.
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