ManyGoats Project

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For more info & if you’re interested in joining us, follow us here, visit www.themanygoatsproject.com or email us: ManyGoatsProject[at]gmail.com

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Our proof-of-concept study, ManyGoats1, aims to assess 🐐 behavioural responses to different attentive states in humans, testing goats in zoo, dairy, meat, fibre, & companion settings to ⬆️ sample heterogeneity & ID factors contributing to behaviour variation.

See the preprint here: osf.io/hb2sn

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We have working groups (e.g., communication, ethics, research methods, statistics) forming the foundation of our admin structure.

See our core team page here: www.themanygoatsproject.com/team/

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How will we accomplish this? By running multi-site behaviour studies worldwide! ManyGoats is composed of researchers from 5 continents, w/ expertise in animal welfare, veterinary med., statistical modeling & animal ethics...

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Hello Bluesky! We are ManyGoats, an international network of goat scientists.

Inspired by others like @manydogsproject.bsky.social @themanybirds.bsky.social, we aim to facilitate open, reproducible 🐐 behaviour & welfare science.

How? By running multi-site behaviour studies worldwide! 🧵