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Article: Animal Communication: Sheep May Vocalize Stress by Altering Timbre.
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- October 21, 2003
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Byline: Hampshire College
AMHERST, Mass., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mark Feinstein, a Hampshire College cognitive science professor interested in bioacoustics, has in the course of his research on animal communication found a method of measuring stress in sheep through recording and analyzing their vocal behavior. His findings may have positive economic and humane consequences as well as shedding new light on the meaning of sheep vocalizations.
Stress in sheep may sound like a joke, but to farmers, agronomists and animal welfare experts it's a serious subject. Concerns range from humane treatment to the economic impacts of reduced reproductive ...