Cognitive and non-cognitive factors predict pigs’ positions in an aggression social network

Abstract Social network analysis (SNA) provides a means of understanding animals’ agonistic behaviour in a group. The aim of this study was to use SNA to characterise how individual cognitive performance affects agonistic behaviour. Using 175 pigs, we hypothesised that their choice of opponents woul...

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Main Authors: Lucy Oldham, Saif Agha, Gareth Arnott, Mark Brims, Irene Camerlink, Agnieszka Futro, Victoria E. Lee, Andrea Doeschl-Wilson, Simon P. Turner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-02023-w
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