{"id":2048,"date":"2025-10-30T14:20:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.well-e.org\/publication\/implementing-on-farm-enrichment-effects-on-the-motivation-of-lambs-and-dairy-cows\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T11:41:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:41:32","slug":"implementing-on-farm-enrichment-effects-on-the-motivation-of-lambs-and-dairy-cows","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/wp.well-e.org\/en\/publication\/implementing-on-farm-enrichment-effects-on-the-motivation-of-lambs-and-dairy-cows\/","title":{"rendered":"Implementing On-Farm Enrichment: Effects on the Motivation of Lambs and Dairy Cows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Authors:<\/strong> Jasmine Muszik<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2025-01-01<\/p>\n<p><strong>Status:<\/strong> Published<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/escholarship.mcgill.ca\/concern\/theses\/6t053p36k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View External Publication<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Les pratiques agricoles ont \u00e9volu\u00e9 pour offrir aux animaux plus de contr\u00f4le sur leur temps, en mettant l&#039;accent sur leur bien-\u00eatre. L&#039;enrichissement cibl\u00e9, con\u00e7u pour r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 des besoins sp\u00e9cifiques, favorise des \u00e9motions positives en permettant aux animaux d&#039;agir selon leurs motivations, satisfaisant ainsi leurs besoins. Un enrichissement efficace doit \u00eatre activement utilis\u00e9 par l&#039;animal et doit r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 une motivation d&#039;interaction ou d&#039;acc\u00e8s, ce qui sugg\u00e8re qu&#039;il est per\u00e7u positivement. L&#039;enrichissement multimodal, combinant plusieurs types d&#039;enrichissement (ex. physique, cognitif, sensoriel, social, nutritionnel), pourrait r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 cette probl\u00e9matique en encourageant une gamme de comportements motiv\u00e9s. Les normes futures concernant les soins des animaux d&#039;\u00e9levage pourraient \u00e9galement recommander aux producteurs l&#039;inclusion de ces enrichissements fortement motiv\u00e9s dans leurs pratiques quotidiennes afin d&#039;\u00e9viter la provocation d\u2019\u00e9motions n\u00e9gatives, comme la frustration, li\u00e9es \u00e0 l&#039;anticipation d&#039;un \u00e9v\u00e9nement ou d&#039;une r\u00e9compense retard\u00e9e ou inexistante, comme r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 dans une revue de litt\u00e9rature. Cependant, la mise en \u0153uvre de l&#039;enrichissement multimodal et ses interactions avec la motivation animale n\u00e9cessite un examen plus approfondi, tant au niveau th\u00e9orique qu\u2019au niveau pratique. Une \u00e9tude men\u00e9e sur des agneaux, expos\u00e9s ou non \u00e0 un enrichissement multimodal, a d\u00e9montr\u00e9 que bien que les deux groupes aient appris \u00e0 naviguer un labyrinthe et aient d\u00e9montr\u00e9 la m\u00eame flexibilit\u00e9 pour obtenir la r\u00e9compense, les agneaux enrichis \u00e9taient plus calmes, tandis que ceux du groupe t\u00e9moin \u00e9taient plus agit\u00e9s, ce qui sugg\u00e8re que l&#039;enrichissement peut avoir un impact sur la r\u00e9activit\u00e9. Cette \u00e9tude n\u2019a pas directement \u00e9tudi\u00e9 la motivation des animaux vers l&#039;enrichissement, mais vers une r\u00e9compense dans un autre contexte, et elle s\u2019est concentr\u00e9e sur les jeunes. Alors, la prochaine \u00e9tude a cherch\u00e9 \u00e0 comprendre comment la fr\u00e9quence d&#039;acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l&#039;enrichissement influence la motivation des vaches laiti\u00e8res adultes. Des vaches ayant un acc\u00e8s limit\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019exercice ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9parties en deux groupes : un avec un acc\u00e8s ext\u00e9rieur trois jours par semaine et l&#039;autre un jour par semaine. Leur comportement et celui des membres du personnel ont \u00e9t\u00e9 observ\u00e9s pendant ces p\u00e9riodes. Les r\u00e9sultats ont d\u00e9montr\u00e9 que les vaches des deux groupes \u00e9taient plus motiv\u00e9es pour sortir que pour retourner \u00e0 l&#039;\u00e9table, bien que les interventions du personnel et les conditions climatiques aient pu influencer cette motivation. Bien que cette \u00e9tude ait \u00e9t\u00e9 b\u00e9n\u00e9fique pour comprendre si les vaches laiti\u00e8res accordent de l\u2019importance \u00e0 l\u2019acc\u00e8s ext\u00e9rieur, peu importe la fr\u00e9quence d\u2019acc\u00e8s fournie, l&#039;\u00e9tape suivante consistait \u00e0 tester la provision d\u2019acc\u00e8s ext\u00e9rieur dans un cadre r\u00e9aliste pour d\u00e9terminer comment la taille des groupes et les interventions du personnel influencent la capacit\u00e9 des producteurs \u00e0 faire la transition vers la provision d\u2019exercice ext\u00e9rieur quotidien pour leur troupeau. 76 vaches en lactation ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9parties en sept groupes, avec un nouveau groupe \u00e9tant ajout\u00e9 \u00e0 chaque semaine, jusqu&#039;\u00e0 ce que tous les groupes aient acc\u00e8s \u00e0 un des deux enclos d&#039;exercice. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 constat\u00e9 qu&#039;augmenter le nombre de vaches n\u2019entra\u00eenait pas de besoin suppl\u00e9mentaire en personnel ni de plus de temps par sortie. De plus, le nombre d&#039;interventions du personnel est rest\u00e9 stable (interventions go) ou a diminu\u00e9 (interventions stop) apr\u00e8s une semaine. De plus, le comportement des vaches n\u2019a pas diff\u00e9r\u00e9 de mani\u00e8re significative entre les enclos, m\u00eame apr\u00e8s l&#039;introduction d&#039;un nouveau groupe. Cela sugg\u00e8re que les vaches et le personnel s&#039;adaptent rapidement \u00e0 l&#039;acc\u00e8s ext\u00e9rieur, et que les producteurs peuvent commencer \u00e0 introduire progressivement des sorties ext\u00e9rieures quotidiennes pour leur troupeau. Toutes les \u00e9tudes d\u00e9crites ont \u00e9t\u00e9 essentielles pour comprendre comment l&#039;enrichissement multimodal influence la motivation des animaux, tant en mati\u00e8re d&#039;enrichissement que dans d&#039;autres contextes, et comment ces pratiques peuvent \u00eatre utilis\u00e9es de mani\u00e8re pratique par les producteurs dans les syst\u00e8mes de production modernes<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":""},"class_list":["post-2048","publication","type-publication","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Implementing On-Farm Enrichment: Effects on the Motivation of Lambs and Dairy Cows - WELL-E<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.well-e.org\/en\/publication\/implementing-on-farm-enrichment-effects-on-the-motivation-of-lambs-and-dairy-cows\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Implementing On-Farm Enrichment: Effects on the Motivation of Lambs and Dairy Cows - WELL-E\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Authors: Jasmine Muszik Date: 2025-01-01 Status: Published View External Publication Les pratiques agricoles ont \u00e9volu\u00e9 pour offrir aux animaux plus de contr\u00f4le sur leur temps, en mettant l&#039;accent sur leur bien-\u00eatre. 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