title: [Not Available].
abstract: We have studied feeding and social behaviours in 7 captive wild boars before and after farrowing and their early development. The individual feeding strategies are varying between two types : "Feeding at the feeders" and "Rooting". Most of the individuals (5) are changing their feeding strategy in the second period, after farrowing. The social interactions in the group are also changed after farrowing ; thus in the second period, females with youngs reduced their agonistic interactions, established affiliated relationships and keep away from the rest of the group. The frequency of approach of the feeders is positively correlated to the degree of affinity and not to the dominance hierarchy. Furthermore, the correlation between the feeding strategy and the individual social status is positive only before farrowing : the social capacity of affiliated behaviour units and the polarity of agonistic interactions is linked to the strategy "Feeding at the feeders". From the third week of age, different individual feeding and social behaviours are appearing : the youngs develop the same types of strategy as their genetic or adoptive mother. Then it appears a relation between the social status of the mothers and the feeding strategies of the youngs.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Neuroéthologie, U.A. n° 664 du CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, 118 Route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse Cédex, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Teillaud