Interpretation of behavioural reactions of sheep towards fear-eliciting situations

The relationships between 27 behavioural variables, displayed by 206 sheep in three tests used to measure fear in sheep, were assessed using Principal Component Analysis. These animals were individually subjected to the same standardised fear-eliciting situations: isolation from conspecifics (I), a surprise effect (S) and the presence of a human (H). The first component (which […]