Third-party intervention and post-conflict behaviour in agonistic encounters of pigs (Sus scrofa).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Third-party interference in agonistic contests entails a deliberate intervention in an ongoing fight by a bystanding individual (third party) and may be followed by post-conflict social behaviour to provide support to a specific individual. The mechanisms behind third-party intervention are, however, still largely understudied. The aim of this study was to investigate third-party interference, with the predictions that (1) the interferer derives benefits from its action by winning a fight, (2) that patterns of intervention depend on familiarity, (3) that dyadic fights last longer than triadic fights, and (4) that interferers engage in non-agonistic social behaviours afterwards. Pre-pubertal pigs (Sus scrofa) (n = 384) were grouped with one familiar and four unfamiliar co

SUBMITTER: Maffezzini N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10433626 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature