title: Play behaviour in domestic goat kids. The influences of flooring surface and heat supplementation, and potential implications for welfare

authors: Kiddle, Jackie Grace

subjects: Animal behaviour

abstract: Increased demand for commercial goat products and concern for welfare in farmed animals has led to a demand for further research in goat welfare. Animal behaviour is commonly used to assess animal welfare in farm animals. Both the elimination of negative welfare states and the improvements of positive welfare states are important in the assessment of animal welfare. The performance of play has been used as an indicator of positive welfare in several species. Research on play behaviour in goat kids is limited. The following thesis describes a study investigating play behaviour in domestic goat kids in response to flooring and provisional supplemental heat and then discusses the possible welfare implications of play behaviour for goat kids. In part 1 of the study an ethogram of play behaviour in domestic goat kids was developed from video recordings and live observations. Part 2 is a continuation of research conducted by Sutherland et al. (2019) in which 80 female Saanen goat kids were grouped into four treatments. The treatments were as follows; 1) floor covered in wood shavings without heat lamps, 2) wood shavings with two heat lamps, 3) metal mesh flooring without heat lamps, and 3) metal mesh with two heat lamps. Each treatment consisted of four pens (1.5mx3.5m) with five goats per pen. All pens were video camera recorded and replayed on Adobe Premier Pro. Play behaviour frequencies were observed during 30 min periods twice a day for eight days. Behaviour was continuously recorded as frequency per minute. The results indicated that flooring surface had an influence on play behaviour frequencies in goat kids with a significant increase in play behaviour found in wood shaving treatments (p<0.05). Heat supplementation did not influence play behaviour with no significant difference between heat lamp and no heat lamp treatments (p>0.05). Play behaviour could potentially be used as an indicator of good welfare in goat kids, however, more research is needed to assess change in play behaviour in response to other situations. The complexity of behaviour, such as the performance of play behaviours other than locomotor play, could also be used to indicate enhanced levels of welfare, exceeding the minimum standards, however, this requires more validation.

text: Play behaviour in domestic goat kids. The influences of flooring surface and heat supplementation, and potential implications for welfare Increased demand for commercial goat products and concern for welfare in farmed animals has led to a demand for further research in goat welfare. Animal behaviour is commonly used to assess animal welfare in farm animals. Both the elimination of negative welfare states and the improvements of positive welfare states are important in the assessment of animal welfare. The performance of play has been used as an indicator of positive welfare in several species. Research on play behaviour in goat kids is limited. The following thesis describes a study investigating play behaviour in domestic goat kids in response to flooring and provisional supplemental heat and then discusses the possible welfare implications of play behaviour for goat kids. In part 1 of the study an ethogram of play behaviour in domestic goat kids was developed from video recordings and live observations. Part 2 is a continuation of research conducted by Sutherland et al. (2019) in which 80 female Saanen goat kids were grouped into four treatments. The treatments were as follows; 1) floor covered in wood shavings without heat lamps, 2) wood shavings with two heat lamps, 3) metal mesh flooring without heat lamps, and 3) metal mesh with two heat lamps. Each treatment consisted of four pens (1.5mx3.5m) with five goats per pen. All pens were video camera recorded and replayed on Adobe Premier Pro. Play behaviour frequencies were observed during 30 min periods twice a day for eight days. Behaviour was continuously recorded as frequency per minute. The results indicated that flooring surface had an influence on play behaviour frequencies in goat kids with a significant increase in play behaviour found in wood shaving treatments (p<0.05). Heat supplementation did not influence play behaviour with no significant difference between heat lamp and no heat lamp treatments (p>0.05). Play behaviour could potentially be used as an indicator of good welfare in goat kids, however, more research is needed to assess change in play behaviour in response to other situations. The complexity of behaviour, such as the performance of play behaviours other than locomotor play, could also be used to indicate enhanced levels of welfare, exceeding the minimum standards, however, this requires more validation.

year: 2021

title: Rational cognition and approximate truth in the Lvov-Warsaw School

authors: Ulatowski, Joseph W.

abstract: The Lvov-Warsaw School’s logistic anti-irrationalism, especially as it has been examined in the works of Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Izydora Dąmbska, and Jan Woleński, offered an intellectually distinct alternative to the logical positivism of the Vienna Circle. However, the Lvov-Warsaw School’s attempt to critique the Franco-German currents of mysticism and romanticism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, especially in the works of Henri Bergson, open it up to the question of whether its members fully appreciated the consequences of accepting that rational cognition is abstract and schematic. We argue that the abstract nature of rational cognition provides reasons to countenance approximate truth; but doing so seems to put the goal of knowledge out of reach. The consequences of these arguments seem not to have been anticipated in the works of Ajdukiewicz, Dąmbska, or Woleński, and point to a new direction for research about the achievability of certain ambitious goals of the Lvov-Warsaw School’s logistic anti-irrationalism.

text: Rational cognition and approximate truth in the Lvov-Warsaw School The Lvov-Warsaw School’s logistic anti-irrationalism, especially as it has been examined in the works of Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Izydora Dąmbska, and Jan Woleński, offered an intellectually distinct alternative to the logical positivism of the Vienna Circle. However, the Lvov-Warsaw School’s attempt to critique the Franco-German currents of mysticism and romanticism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, especially in the works of Henri Bergson, open it up to the question of whether its members fully appreciated the consequences of accepting that rational cognition is abstract and schematic. We argue that the abstract nature of rational cognition provides reasons to countenance approximate truth; but doing so seems to put the goal of knowledge out of reach. The consequences of these arguments seem not to have been anticipated in the works of Ajdukiewicz, Dąmbska, or Woleński, and point to a new direction for research about the achievability of certain ambitious goals of the Lvov-Warsaw School’s logistic anti-irrationalism.

year: 2022

title: Ngā hau pūkeri e tīhaehae nei i ā tātou tikanga Māori

authors: Nock, Sophie

subjects: Tikanga Māori

abstract: Ko te wherawhera a tēnei tuhinga he titiro ki ngā io mai i ngā tikanga o te ao Māori, ā, ki ngā hau kino e whakataurekareka ana i ā tātou tikanga Māori. Kei roto i ngā iwi katoa o te ao ā rātau tikanga, engari, ko ngā whakamāramatanga o aua tikanga kei te mau ruhiruhi noa i roto i ngā hinengaro o ngā tāngata o tēnā iwi, tēnā iwi, ā, kua ngaro katoa atu rānei. Nā reira, ko tāku he rapu i aua māramatanga kei muri i ngā tikanga Māori, ā, he rapu anō hoki i ngā tāmitanga, i ngā pēhitanga a tauiwi mā, ko te mutunga ka whakapōrearea i ā tātou tikanga Māori.
Ko te aronga rangahau mō tēnei kaupapa he whai i ngā tuhinga me ngā kōrero i ahu mai i te ao Māori me te ao Pākehā. Ko ngā rauemi nei i ahu mai i ngā kohikohinga kōrero tawhito me ngā tuhinga a te hunga o roto i ngā tau kātahi anō ka pahure ake. Ko ngā kōrero tawhito nei hei whakaata ake i te huringa o te ao, ā, ka tīkina atu aua kōrero hei ārahi i te hunga ora kia mau tonu ai ā tātou tikanga Māori.
Ki te whai haere i tēnei momo kaupapa, me mātua whai rawa i ngā kōrero ā-waha hei whakaatu mai, ina kāore hoki i āta tuhia whānuihia ngā kōrero i maringi mai i te hinengaro o te hunga whakautu pātai. Ko ngā kohinga kōrero ā-waha hei tohu i ngā tikanga me ngā whakapono ake i pā mai ki a rātou i te wā e tipu ake ana.
Ko ētahi o ngā kaikōrero i tipu ake i roto i te tūturutanga o te ao Māori, arā, i tipu ake i ngā rekereke o ō rātou kuia, koroua, ā, ko ētahi ahakoa he Māori, i tipu ake anō i roto i te reo me ētahi o ngā tikanga Māori, ko ētahi anō i noho hoki i te tāone.
Ko ngā kaupapa ka whakaarahia ake e tēnei rangahau ko ngā tikanga e hāngai pū ana, e whakamahia ana, e kitea ana, e whakaatu ana anō hoki i ngā whakapono o te Māori. Kāti, ka tirohia ētahi tikanga i waenga i te whānau, ētahi atu tikanga hāngai pū ana ki te manaaki tangata i runga marae me te whakaaro ake ki ngā tohu e tika ana ki te whakanui manuhiri.
He roa te Māori e noho ana i te ao Pākehā, mai i tō rātou taenga mai i te rau tau tekau mā waru. Ko te nuinga o tātau kua roa kē te wehenga mai i te ao tūturu ake o te Māori. Ko ētahi tāngata e pupuri tonu ana i ētahi o ā tātou tikanga, ko ētahi kāhore noa e mōhio ana. Tēnā pea, ko ngā whakatūpato i mau, engari, ko ngā whakamārama kei te ngaro. Kāti, ko te tūmanako mō tēnei tuhingaroa ko te whakahoutia anō o te here ki ā tātou tikanga. Ka āhei hoki te hunga e ngākaunui ana ki te kaupapa nei ki te whai whakaaro, te whai māramatanga.
Ko tēnei tuhinga he tauira hei whakaatu atu he mahi pakeke te hopu, te tiaki, te manaaki me te ako hoki i ngā mātauranga o tuawhakarere. He pēnei anō ēnei tikanga mō nāianei, he toimaha tonu te kawe, te whakaū.
Heoi, ka whakatakia mai ngā kōrero i te orokohanga o te ao hei raranga ake hei whāriki mō te tikanga Māori. Tuatahi, ka tirohia ētahi o ngā whenu o tēnei mahi whata, arā, te ahunga mai o te tikanga Māori me ngā tikanga huhua i whakatauiratia mai e ngā atua Māori. Whai muri atu kei te upoko tuarua, ka whakaraupapahia mai ngā kōrero a te hunga whakautu pātai kia āta kitea ai ō rātou whakaaro mō te tikanga Māori. Ka hāngai pū tonu tēnei titiro ki ngā momo pātai, ā, ka tirohia hoki ngā whakahokinga a taua hunga nā.
Kei te upoko tuatoru ka huri te titiro ki ngā hau pūkeri e tūkino nei i ā tātou tikanga Māori. Tuatahi, ka horahia ngā kōrero, ngā tikanga mō te āhua o te noho a te Māori o mua, kia āta kitea ai i pēhea te āhua o tōna whakahaere i tōna ao o mua. Kātahi, ka āta tirohia ētahi ture Pākehā e tīhaehae nei i ā tātou tikanga, pēnei i te ngaro haere o te reo Māori, te haehae haere o ā tātou tikanga Māori. Ka mutu, ka huri ake ki te whai whakaaro ki ētahi o ngā raru i pā mai ki te tikanga Māori i te neketanga o te Māori ki te tāone noho ai, mahi ai.
Kei te upoko tuawhā ētahi tauira mō ngā tūmomo tikanga e mahia ana e te Māori i waenganui i tōna whānau. Ka tirohia te ringa tapu o te tikanga hei whakaohooho ake i te hinengaro, hei whakatakoto māramatanga mō aua tikanga hoki.
Kei te upoko tuarima te tirohanga ki ngā momo tikanga i runga marae, me ngā momo tohu Māori e whakaatu mai ana i te rangatiratanga o te iwi, pēnei i ngā tohu kino, i ngā tohu ora rānei. Ka tirohia ētahi whakamāramatanga mō te āhua o te noho piri o te Māori ki tōna taiao, he aha ngā kōrero a te taiao ki te Māori, he aha hoki ngā kōrero a ngā kararehe o te taiao.
Hei whakakapi ake i te tuhinga nei ko te whakarāpopototanga. I konei ka titiro whakamuri ki ngā āhuatanga kua ara ake. Ka whakaraupapahia ngā whakakitenga me ngā whakaputanga hei whakaohooho, hei whakaarotanga ake mō te ao kei mua e pā ana ki ā tātou tikanga Māori.

text: Ngā hau pūkeri e tīhaehae nei i ā tātou tikanga Māori Ko te wherawhera a tēnei tuhinga he titiro ki ngā io mai i ngā tikanga o te ao Māori, ā, ki ngā hau kino e whakataurekareka ana i ā tātou tikanga Māori. Kei roto i ngā iwi katoa o te ao ā rātau tikanga, engari, ko ngā whakamāramatanga o aua tikanga kei te mau ruhiruhi noa i roto i ngā hinengaro o ngā tāngata o tēnā iwi, tēnā iwi, ā, kua ngaro katoa atu rānei. Nā reira, ko tāku he rapu i aua māramatanga kei muri i ngā tikanga Māori, ā, he rapu anō hoki i ngā tāmitanga, i ngā pēhitanga a tauiwi mā, ko te mutunga ka whakapōrearea i ā tātou tikanga Māori.
Ko te aronga rangahau mō tēnei kaupapa he whai i ngā tuhinga me ngā kōrero i ahu mai i te ao Māori me te ao Pākehā. Ko ngā rauemi nei i ahu mai i ngā kohikohinga kōrero tawhito me ngā tuhinga a te hunga o roto i ngā tau kātahi anō ka pahure ake. Ko ngā kōrero tawhito nei hei whakaata ake i te huringa o te ao, ā, ka tīkina atu aua kōrero hei ārahi i te hunga ora kia mau tonu ai ā tātou tikanga Māori.
Ki te whai haere i tēnei momo kaupapa, me mātua whai rawa i ngā kōrero ā-waha hei whakaatu mai, ina kāore hoki i āta tuhia whānuihia ngā kōrero i maringi mai i te hinengaro o te hunga whakautu pātai. Ko ngā kohinga kōrero ā-waha hei tohu i ngā tikanga me ngā whakapono ake i pā mai ki a rātou i te wā e tipu ake ana.
Ko ētahi o ngā kaikōrero i tipu ake i roto i te tūturutanga o te ao Māori, arā, i tipu ake i ngā rekereke o ō rātou kuia, koroua, ā, ko ētahi ahakoa he Māori, i tipu ake anō i roto i te reo me ētahi o ngā tikanga Māori, ko ētahi anō i noho hoki i te tāone.
Ko ngā kaupapa ka whakaarahia ake e tēnei rangahau ko ngā tikanga e hāngai pū ana, e whakamahia ana, e kitea ana, e whakaatu ana anō hoki i ngā whakapono o te Māori. Kāti, ka tirohia ētahi tikanga i waenga i te whānau, ētahi atu tikanga hāngai pū ana ki te manaaki tangata i runga marae me te whakaaro ake ki ngā tohu e tika ana ki te whakanui manuhiri.
He roa te Māori e noho ana i te ao Pākehā, mai i tō rātou taenga mai i te rau tau tekau mā waru. Ko te nuinga o tātau kua roa kē te wehenga mai i te ao tūturu ake o te Māori. Ko ētahi tāngata e pupuri tonu ana i ētahi o ā tātou tikanga, ko ētahi kāhore noa e mōhio ana. Tēnā pea, ko ngā whakatūpato i mau, engari, ko ngā whakamārama kei te ngaro. Kāti, ko te tūmanako mō tēnei tuhingaroa ko te whakahoutia anō o te here ki ā tātou tikanga. Ka āhei hoki te hunga e ngākaunui ana ki te kaupapa nei ki te whai whakaaro, te whai māramatanga.
Ko tēnei tuhinga he tauira hei whakaatu atu he mahi pakeke te hopu, te tiaki, te manaaki me te ako hoki i ngā mātauranga o tuawhakarere. He pēnei anō ēnei tikanga mō nāianei, he toimaha tonu te kawe, te whakaū.
Heoi, ka whakatakia mai ngā kōrero i te orokohanga o te ao hei raranga ake hei whāriki mō te tikanga Māori. Tuatahi, ka tirohia ētahi o ngā whenu o tēnei mahi whata, arā, te ahunga mai o te tikanga Māori me ngā tikanga huhua i whakatauiratia mai e ngā atua Māori. Whai muri atu kei te upoko tuarua, ka whakaraupapahia mai ngā kōrero a te hunga whakautu pātai kia āta kitea ai ō rātou whakaaro mō te tikanga Māori. Ka hāngai pū tonu tēnei titiro ki ngā momo pātai, ā, ka tirohia hoki ngā whakahokinga a taua hunga nā.
Kei te upoko tuatoru ka huri te titiro ki ngā hau pūkeri e tūkino nei i ā tātou tikanga Māori. Tuatahi, ka horahia ngā kōrero, ngā tikanga mō te āhua o te noho a te Māori o mua, kia āta kitea ai i pēhea te āhua o tōna whakahaere i tōna ao o mua. Kātahi, ka āta tirohia ētahi ture Pākehā e tīhaehae nei i ā tātou tikanga, pēnei i te ngaro haere o te reo Māori, te haehae haere o ā tātou tikanga Māori. Ka mutu, ka huri ake ki te whai whakaaro ki ētahi o ngā raru i pā mai ki te tikanga Māori i te neketanga o te Māori ki te tāone noho ai, mahi ai.
Kei te upoko tuawhā ētahi tauira mō ngā tūmomo tikanga e mahia ana e te Māori i waenganui i tōna whānau. Ka tirohia te ringa tapu o te tikanga hei whakaohooho ake i te hinengaro, hei whakatakoto māramatanga mō aua tikanga hoki.
Kei te upoko tuarima te tirohanga ki ngā momo tikanga i runga marae, me ngā momo tohu Māori e whakaatu mai ana i te rangatiratanga o te iwi, pēnei i ngā tohu kino, i ngā tohu ora rānei. Ka tirohia ētahi whakamāramatanga mō te āhua o te noho piri o te Māori ki tōna taiao, he aha ngā kōrero a te taiao ki te Māori, he aha hoki ngā kōrero a ngā kararehe o te taiao.
Hei whakakapi ake i te tuhinga nei ko te whakarāpopototanga. I konei ka titiro whakamuri ki ngā āhuatanga kua ara ake. Ka whakaraupapahia ngā whakakitenga me ngā whakaputanga hei whakaohooho, hei whakaarotanga ake mō te ao kei mua e pā ana ki ā tātou tikanga Māori.

year: 2003