Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29359
Title: Validating attention bias as a novel measure of affect in sheep
Contributor(s): Hine, Brad (creator); Colditz, Ian  (supervisor); Monk, Jessica Evelyn  (supervisor)orcid ; Clark, Samuel  (supervisor)orcid ; Hinch, Geoffrey  (supervisor)orcid ; Lee, Caroline  (supervisor)orcid 
Publication Date: 2019-07-01
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.25952/5f50402daea13Open Access Link
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29359
Related Research Outputs: https://doi.org/10.25919/5c8725f046880
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190404.s002
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190404.s003
https://doi.org/10.25919/5b5016c4bca25
https://doi.org/10.25919/5c6269bc895ed
Abstract/Context: These datasets were generated during the PhD candidature of Jessica Monk between 2016 to 2019. Data were generated across 5 experiments, each of which aimed to further develop, refine and validate a novel method for assessing emotional states in sheep as a measure of animal welfare. The attention bias test is a 3 min test which records behavioural responses of sheep to a potential predator threat. Key behaviours recorded included duration of vigilance, looking behaviours and latency to feed. The first experiment examined the impact of pharmacologically-induced stress on judgement bias and attention bias in sheep. The study found no clear indication that elevated cortisol concentrations impacted on cognitive biases in sheep. The second experiment examined the impact of pharmacologically induced anxiety-like and calm-like states on a refined attention bias test in sheep, finding that the test can be shortened, a habituation period removed and that it is sensitive to anxiety-like and calm-like states. The third experiment introduced a modified method for the assessment of attention bias, and examined the impact of pharmacologically-induced anxiety-like and depression-like states in sheep. The modified method could differentiate these states. The fourth experiment examined the influence of pharmacologically induced positive affective states on the modified attention bias test but found no clear effect on attention bias. The final experiment examined the repeatability of the attention bias test across 3 time periods using the same animals from the Sheep CRC information nucleus flock. Key measures of attention had low repeatability and are suggested to be readily influenced by emotions and moods. Measures of vigilance and zones crossed had moderate repeatability and are suggested to be more heavily influenced by temperament or personality traits.
Publication Type: Dataset
Fields of Research (FOR): 060801 Animal Behaviour
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 310901 Animal behaviour
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO): 839901 Animal Welfare
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 109902 Animal welfare
Keywords: Merino
Sheep
Animal behaviour
Animal welfare
Affective state
Emotion
Attention bias
Cognitive bias
Anxiety
Depression
Location Coordinates: 151.61075500488278, -30.50553485871017; 151.5099706787115,-30.624952282723033; 151.5537442888783,-30.62452826451856; 151.71836750842022,-30.538980498691608; 151.71743296075147,-30.46786993848366; 151.611222278711,-30.467216398754953
HERDC Category Description: X Dataset
Description: Access to Thesis provided at the following link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29358
Please note the following in relation to the listed DOIs:
https://doi.org/10.25919/5c8725f046880 contains the same data given in the 3 files entitled “Monk_Exp1_AEC12-30_XXX”, which are related to the first experimental chapter of Jessica Monk's PhD thesis (https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29358) (Chapter 2).
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190404.s002 and https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190404.s003 contain the same data given in the 2 files entitled “Monk_Exp2_Dataset_X”, which are related to Chapter 3 of Jessica Monk's PhD thesis (https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29358).
https://doi.org/10.25919/5b5016c4bca25 contains the same data given in “Monk_Exp3_AEC17-25_Depression_Anxiety_Attention_bias”, which related to Chapter 4 of Jessica Monk's PhD thesis (https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29358).
https://doi.org/10.25919/5c6269bc895ed contains the same data given in “Monk_Exp4_Pos_States_AB”, which related to Chapter 5 of Jessica Monk's PhD thesis (https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29358).
Additional funders: CSIRO Internal funding; School of Environmental and Rural Science project support
Project: Validating attention bias as a novel measure of affect in sheep
Rights Holder: Jessica Monk
Dataset Stored at: University of New England
Primary Contact Details: Jessica Monk - jessicamonk94@hotmail.com
Dataset Custodian Details: Sam Clark - Sam.Clark@une.edu.au
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School of Environmental and Rural Science

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opendataset/Monk_Exp4_Pos_States_AB.xlsxExp 4 Dataset File 1 of 139.48 kBMicrosoft Excel XMLView/Open
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