This study investigated the nausea‐like behavior induced by road transportation in goats, and the effects of an anti‐motion sickness (MS) medication on this behavior. In the first experiment, 11 adult Shiba goats were road transported twice with either a saline (control) or a commercial anti‐MS medication (Travelmin) injection at the first or second transportation. Almost all goats showed nausea‐like behavior, which was defined as pointing their heads downward, closing their eyes, and staying relatively still. These goats did not respond when they were touched during blood collection. The anti‐MS medication significantly reduced the total time spent in nausea‐like behavior (P < 0.05) and tended to increase the frequency of escape attempts during blood collection (P < 0.1). In a second experiment, the effects of the anti‐MS medication were examined in goats held under normal housing. The anti‐MS medication increased the time spent feeding (P < 0.01) and reduced the time spent in rumination (P < 0.05) but did not change the frequency of lying down nor plasma cortisol concentrations. Our results indicate that the nausea‐like behavior in transported goats might be induced, at least in part, by regulatory mechanisms similar to the MS.

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运输引起的山羊恶心样行为以及抗晕动病药物的作用

本研究调查了山羊道路运输引起的恶心样行为，以及抗晕动病 (MS) 药物对此行为的影响。在第一个实验中，11 只成年柴山羊被公路运输了两次，在第一次或第二次运输时注射了生理盐水（对照）或商业抗 MS 药物 (Travelmin)。几乎所有山羊都表现出类似恶心的行为，即低头、闭上眼睛并保持相对静止。这些山羊在采血过程中被触摸时没有反应。抗多发性硬化症药物显着减少了类似恶心行为的总时间（磷< 0.05）并且往往会增加采血期间逃跑尝试的频率（磷< 0.1）。在第二个实验中，在正常饲养环境下的山羊中检查了抗多发性硬化症药物的效果。抗多发性硬化症药物增加了进食时间（磷< 0.01）并减少了沉思所花费的时间（磷< 0.05），但没有改变躺下的频率或血浆皮质醇浓度。我们的结果表明，运输山羊的恶心样行为可能至少部分是由类似于 MS 的调节机制引起的。