The behaviour and welfare of the horse /

• Main Author: Fraser, Andrew F., (Author)
• Other Authors: Fraser, Andrew Ferguson.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2010.
• Edition: 2nd edition.
• Subjects: Horses > Behavior.; Animal welfare.; Behavior, Animal.; Horses.; Animal Welfare.; Draught Animals.; Sport Animals, (New March 2000); Animal Reproduction and Embryology, (New March 2000); Animal Behaviour.; Animal Physiology and Biochemistry (Excluding Nutrition); Animal Health and Hygiene (General); Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries of Animals.; Abnormal behaviour.; Animal behaviour.; Animal health.; Animal husbandry.; Behaviour.; Drinking.; Eating.; Foals.; Gait.; Grooming.; Locomotion.; Mares.; Maternal behaviour.; Maternal recognition.; Mating behaviour.; Movement.; Neurophysiology.; Physical activity.; Reproduction.; Rest.; Restraint of animals.; Social behaviour.; Stallions.; Territoriality.; Training of animals.
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The second edition of this book contains 16 chapters that discuss the development and neurophysiology of horse behaviour, physical activities such as eating and drinking, grooming and comfort behaviour, gait, movement, territoriality, rest, reproductive behaviour, maternal and human care of foals, s...

Table of Contents:

• Development of equine behaviour
• Sensory faculties and behavioural roots
• Neural substrate
• Behavioural homeostasis
• Eating, drinking, and ingestive welfare
• Body care and evacuation
• Kinetic behaviour and racing
• Spatial factors
• Rest, work, and transportation
• Breeding function
• Mare/foal dynamics
• Foal function and welfare
• Development and social behaviour
• Humane control and husbandry welfare
• Disordered behaviour and stress
• Equine culture and protection.