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volume 48 issue 2 (april 2014) : 120-125,   Doi: 10.5958/j.0976-0555.48.2.026

VOCAL TRACT BIOMETRY AND ACOUSTIC FEATURES OF DAIRY COWS

N
Navav Singh
S
S.S. Lathwal
Y
Yajuvendra Singh
M
Man Singh
S
Sakainder Singh
K
Kuldeep Rai
A
Ashok Baindha
1National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal-132 001, India
Cite article:- Singh Navav, Lathwal S.S., Singh Yajuvendra, Singh Man, Singh Sakainder, Rai Kuldeep, Baindha Ashok (2025). VOCAL TRACT BIOMETRY AND ACOUSTIC FEATURES OF DAIRY COWS. Indian Journal of Animal Research. 48(2): 120-125. doi: 10.5958/j.0976-0555.48.2.026.

ABSTRACT

Vocalization in dairy animals is thought to be one of the best mean of conversation between each other as well as with environment. The present investigation was carried out on 12 lactating crossbred Karan Fries cows. The vocal signals from these animals were recorded for sufficient time in order to receive 50 complete sound clips. The various acoustic features were extracted in order to establish the relationship between these and various vocal tract or other body related measurements. Call duration of KF crossbred cows in present investigation was found to have a significant (p significant (p

REFERENCES

  1. Boersma, P., Weenink D. 2010. PRAAT: doing phonetics by computer. Phonetic Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Spuistraat 210, Netherland.
  2. Boyle,K.S., Tricas, T.C., (2011) “Sound production in the longnosebutterflyfishes (genus Forcipiger): cranial kinematics, muscle activity and honest signals”. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 214: 3829-3842.
  3. Charlton, B.D., Zhihe, Z., Snyder, R.J., (2009), “Vocal cues to identity and relatedness in giant pandas (Ailuropodamelanoleuca).” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 126: 2721–2732
  4. Evans, S.,Neave, N., Wakelin D., (2006) Relationships between vocal characteristics and body size and shape in human males: An evolutionary explanation for a deep male voice, biological psychology, 72 (2) ,160-163.
  5. Ey, E., Pfefferle, D. and Fischer, J., (2007). “Do age- and sex-related variations reliably reflect body size in non-human primate vocalizations.” Primates 48: 253-267.
  6. Fant, G., (1966). ‘‘A note on vocal tract size factors and non-uniform F-pattern scaling,’’ Speech Transactions Laboratory Quarterly Progress
  7. Fitch, W. T., (1997).”Vocal tract length and formant frequency dispersion correlate with body size in rhesus macaques,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 102: 1213-1222.
  8. Ghazanfar, A.A., Turesson, H.K., Maier, J.X., van, D.R., Patterson, R.D., Logothetis, N.K., (2007). “Vocal tract resonances as indexical cues in rhesus monkeys.” Current Biology,17:425-430.
  9. Hauser, M. D., (1993).”The evolution of nonhuman primate vocalizations: effects of phylogeny, body weight and social context.” American Naturalist, 142(3): 528-542.
  10. Reby, D., and McComb, K., (2003). “Anatomical constraints generate honesty: Acoustic cues to age and weight in the roars of red deer stags,” Anim. Behav. 65:519–530.
  11. Reby, D., McComb, K., Cargnelutti, B., Darwin, C., Fitch, W. T. and Clutton-Brock, T. H., (2005). “Red deer stags use formants as assessment cues during intrasexualagonistic interactions”. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 272" 941-947.
  12. Riede, T., & Fitch, W. T. (1999).”Vocal tract length and acoustics of vocalization in the domestic dog Canisfamiliaris,” Journal of Experimental Biology 202: 2859–2867.
  13. Sanvito, S., Galimberti, F., and Miller, E. H., (2007).”Vocal signalling in male southern elephant seals is honest but imprecise,” Anim. Behav.73: 287–299.
  14. Sanvito, S.,Galimberti, F.,and Miller, E.H., (2008), “Development of aggressive vocalizations in malesouthern elephant seals (Miroungaleonina):maturation or learning”, Behaviour 145, 137-170.
  15. Singh, Y. 2011. Study of vocalization patterns of dairy animals. Ph.D. Thesis submitted to National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana.
  16. Watts, J,M., and Stookey, J.M., (2000). “Vocal behaviour in cattle: the animal’s commentary on its biological processes and welfare”. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 62(2-3):125-135.
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    volume 48 issue 2 (april 2014) : 120-125,   Doi: 10.5958/j.0976-0555.48.2.026

    VOCAL TRACT BIOMETRY AND ACOUSTIC FEATURES OF DAIRY COWS

    N
    Navav Singh
    S
    S.S. Lathwal
    Y
    Yajuvendra Singh
    M
    Man Singh
    S
    Sakainder Singh
    K
    Kuldeep Rai
    A
    Ashok Baindha
    1National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal-132 001, India
    Cite article:- Singh Navav, Lathwal S.S., Singh Yajuvendra, Singh Man, Singh Sakainder, Rai Kuldeep, Baindha Ashok (2025). VOCAL TRACT BIOMETRY AND ACOUSTIC FEATURES OF DAIRY COWS. Indian Journal of Animal Research. 48(2): 120-125. doi: 10.5958/j.0976-0555.48.2.026.

    ABSTRACT

    Vocalization in dairy animals is thought to be one of the best mean of conversation between each other as well as with environment. The present investigation was carried out on 12 lactating crossbred Karan Fries cows. The vocal signals from these animals were recorded for sufficient time in order to receive 50 complete sound clips. The various acoustic features were extracted in order to establish the relationship between these and various vocal tract or other body related measurements. Call duration of KF crossbred cows in present investigation was found to have a significant (p significant (p

    REFERENCES

    1. Boersma, P., Weenink D. 2010. PRAAT: doing phonetics by computer. Phonetic Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Spuistraat 210, Netherland.
    2. Boyle,K.S., Tricas, T.C., (2011) “Sound production in the longnosebutterflyfishes (genus Forcipiger): cranial kinematics, muscle activity and honest signals”. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 214: 3829-3842.
    3. Charlton, B.D., Zhihe, Z., Snyder, R.J., (2009), “Vocal cues to identity and relatedness in giant pandas (Ailuropodamelanoleuca).” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 126: 2721–2732
    4. Evans, S.,Neave, N., Wakelin D., (2006) Relationships between vocal characteristics and body size and shape in human males: An evolutionary explanation for a deep male voice, biological psychology, 72 (2) ,160-163.
    5. Ey, E., Pfefferle, D. and Fischer, J., (2007). “Do age- and sex-related variations reliably reflect body size in non-human primate vocalizations.” Primates 48: 253-267.
    6. Fant, G., (1966). ‘‘A note on vocal tract size factors and non-uniform F-pattern scaling,’’ Speech Transactions Laboratory Quarterly Progress
    7. Fitch, W. T., (1997).”Vocal tract length and formant frequency dispersion correlate with body size in rhesus macaques,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 102: 1213-1222.
    8. Ghazanfar, A.A., Turesson, H.K., Maier, J.X., van, D.R., Patterson, R.D., Logothetis, N.K., (2007). “Vocal tract resonances as indexical cues in rhesus monkeys.” Current Biology,17:425-430.
    9. Hauser, M. D., (1993).”The evolution of nonhuman primate vocalizations: effects of phylogeny, body weight and social context.” American Naturalist, 142(3): 528-542.
    10. Reby, D., and McComb, K., (2003). “Anatomical constraints generate honesty: Acoustic cues to age and weight in the roars of red deer stags,” Anim. Behav. 65:519–530.
    11. Reby, D., McComb, K., Cargnelutti, B., Darwin, C., Fitch, W. T. and Clutton-Brock, T. H., (2005). “Red deer stags use formants as assessment cues during intrasexualagonistic interactions”. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 272" 941-947.
    12. Riede, T., & Fitch, W. T. (1999).”Vocal tract length and acoustics of vocalization in the domestic dog Canisfamiliaris,” Journal of Experimental Biology 202: 2859–2867.
    13. Sanvito, S., Galimberti, F., and Miller, E. H., (2007).”Vocal signalling in male southern elephant seals is honest but imprecise,” Anim. Behav.73: 287–299.
    14. Sanvito, S.,Galimberti, F.,and Miller, E.H., (2008), “Development of aggressive vocalizations in malesouthern elephant seals (Miroungaleonina):maturation or learning”, Behaviour 145, 137-170.
    15. Singh, Y. 2011. Study of vocalization patterns of dairy animals. Ph.D. Thesis submitted to National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana.
    16. Watts, J,M., and Stookey, J.M., (2000). “Vocal behaviour in cattle: the animal’s commentary on its biological processes and welfare”. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 62(2-3):125-135.
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