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An ethological analysis of close-contact inter-cat interactions determining if cats are playing, fighting, or something in between.
| العنوان: | An ethological analysis of close-contact inter-cat interactions determining if cats are playing, fighting, or something in between. |
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| المؤلفون: | Gajdoš-Kmecová N; Applied Research Centre, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Košice, Slovakia. noemakmecova@gmail.com.; Workplace of Applied Ethology and Professional Ethics, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Košice, Slovakia. noemakmecova@gmail.com.; Animal Behaviour, Cognition and Welfare Group, Dept. of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK. noemakmecova@gmail.com., Peťková B; Workplace of Applied Ethology and Professional Ethics, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Košice, Slovakia., Kottferová J; Workplace of Applied Ethology and Professional Ethics, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Košice, Slovakia., Halls V; International Cat Care, Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK., Haddon C; Gloucestershire, UK., de Assis LS; Animal Behaviour, Cognition and Welfare Group, Dept. of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK., Mills DS; Animal Behaviour, Cognition and Welfare Group, Dept. of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK. |
| المصدر: | Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2023 Jan 26; Vol. 13 (1), pp. 92. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jan 26. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Nature Publishing Group Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101563288 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2045-2322 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 20452322 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Sci Rep Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: London : Nature Publishing Group, copyright 2011- |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Interpersonal Relations* , Agonistic Behavior*, Animals ; Cats ; Social Interaction ; Surveys and Questionnaires |
| مستخلص: | Intraspecific social interactions in domestic cats are often categorised as affiliative or agonistic. However, public or professional assessment of encounters can have difficulty distinguishing rough-and-tumble play from true agonism. One possible issue is the potential occurrence of elements of both, play and agonism, within inter-cat play, for example when one cat wants to terminate a bout of play but the other seeks to continue the interaction, which subsequently may provoke more overt agonistic behaviour. To test this hypothesis, we conducted behavioural observations of 105 unique dyadic interactions of domestic cats (N = 210) captured on videos collected from owners and YouTube. We assessed cats for the frequency and duration of six behavioural elements. The dataset was reduced using PCA with a varimax rotation and factor scores were used to classify the population using hierarchical cluster analysis. To validate the identified clusters, the average scores of the constituent factors were compared and the data on interactions were labelled by four cat behaviour experts as "playful", "intermediate" or "agonistic". In addition, to evaluate properties of expert-labelled categories we used linear discriminant analysis followed by an ordinal regression. The results showed considerable convergent validity in factor distributions between clusters and expert-labelled groups: reciprocal wrestling was most closely associated with a group of playfully interacting cats, while vocalisation and chasing were associated with the agonistic group. The intermediate group, while having characteristics of both, was more closely related to the playful group than the agonistic group, with prolonged exchanges of interactive behaviours being a predominant feature. Thus, our findings support the suggestion of there being an intermediate category between mutual social play and agonism. This might escalate into a fully agonistic encounter, but does not necessarily reflect a break down in their social relationship but rather a short-term disagreement in social priorities. (© 2023. The Author(s).) |
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| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20230126 Date Completed: 20230130 Latest Revision: 20230207 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20230207 |
| مُعرف محوري في PubMed: | PMC9879969 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-022-26121-1 |
| PMID: | 36702848 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
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| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-022-26121-1 |