Title:
The ethology of domestic animals : an introductory text / Per Jensen, IFM Biology, Linköping University.
Author:
Jensen, Per, editor.
Publication Information:
Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Boston, MA : CABI, [2017]
Call Number:
SF756.7 .E838 2017
Abstract:
A concise introduction to the important fundamentals of animal behavior from genetics, physiology, motivation, learning, and cognition to social and reproductive behavior, abnormal behavior, and human-animal interactions.
Edition:
3rd edition.
ISBN:
9781786391650
Physical Description:
xii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Basic elements of animal behaviour. The study of animal behaviour and its applications / Per Jensen -- Behaviour genetics, evolution and domestication / Per Jensen -- Behaviour and physiology / Anna Valros and Laura Hänninen -- Motivation and the organization of behaviour / Georgia Mason and Melissa Bateson -- Learning and cognition / Michael Mendl and Christine J. Nicol -- Social and reproductive behaviour / Daniel M. Weary and David Fraser -- Play behaviour / Susan Held -- Introduction to animal personality / Hanne Lovlie -- Abnormal behaviour, stress and welfare / Linda Keeling and Per Jensen -- Human-animal relations / Susanne Waiblinger -- Part B: Species-specific behaviour of some important domestic animals. Behaviour of domesticated birds: chickens, turkeys and ducks / Joy A. Mench -- Behaviour of horses / Daniel Mills and Sarah Redgate -- Behaviour of cattle / Cassandra B. Tucker -- The behaviour of sheep and goats / Cathy Dwyer -- Behaviour of pigs / Marek Spinka --Behaviour of dogs / Deborah L. Wells -- Behaviour of cats / John Bradshaw -- Behaviour of foxes and mink kept for fur production / Anne-Lene Hovland, Leena Ahola and Jens Malmkvist -- The behaviour of laboratory mice and rats / Hanno Wurbel, Charlotte Burn and Naomi Latham.
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