The ethology of domestic animals : an introductory text /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
• Subjects: Livestock > Behavior.; Domestic animals > Behavior.; Pets and Companion Animals.; Animal Behaviour.; Cats.; Cattle.; Dogs.; Fowls.; Goats.; Horses.; Pigs.; Rabbits.; Rodents.; Sheep.; Electronic books.
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This book discusses the ethology of domestic animals. It is divided into two parts: basic elements of animal behaviour (chapters 1-6); and species-specific behaviour of some important domestic animals (chapters 7-13). The first part is divided into the following chapters: the study of animal behavio...

Table of Contents:

• The Study of Animal Behaviour and its Applications / Per Jensen
• Behavioural Genetics, Evolution and Domestication / Per Jensen
• Physiology, Motivation and the Organization of Behaviour / Frederick Toates
• Learning and Cognition / Björn A. Forkman
• Social and Reproductive Behaviour / Daniel M. Weary and David Fraser
• Behavioural Disturbances, Stress and Welfare / Linda Keeling and Per Jensen
• Behaviour of Fowl and Other Domesticated Birds / Linda Keeling
• Behaviour of Horses / Sue M. McDonnell
• Behaviour of Cattle / Stephen J.G. Hall
• Behaviour of Sheep and Goats / S. Mark Rutter
• Behaviour of Pigs / Per Jensen
• Behaviour of Dogs and Cats / Bjarne O. Braastad and Morten Bakken
• Behaviour of Rabbits and Rodents / David B. Morton.