Table 3.
The number of interactions a group of five sheep had with a variety of positive stimuli during Phase 1 of the pilot study.
| Stimulus | Total number of interactions |
Number of animals interacting |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Individual | Group | Individual | |
| Fiberglass model | 8 | 13 | 5 | 4 |
| Body photo (side) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Body photo (front) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Face photo (front) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Face photo (side) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
The sheep (n = 5) were tested as a group in a small yard (Group) then individually in the attention bias test (Individual). Stimuli included a fiberglass model of a sheep and four life-size photos (Figure 2) of entire sheep or sheep faces.