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This book provides an up-to-date description of the behavioural biology of dogs. It is written for students of animal behaviour or veterinary medicine at advanced levels and dog owners. This book is divided into 4 parts and 14 chapters. The first part (chapters 1-3) focuses on the evolution and development of the dog. The second part (chapters 4-8) deals with the basic aspects of animal behaviour with particular emphasis on dogs. The third part (chapters 9-12) places the modern dog in its present ecological framework in the niche of human coexistence. A broad overview of the behavioural aspects of living close to humans is given. The fourth part (chapters 13 and 14) focuses on behavioural problems, their prevention and cure.
Evolutionary History of Canids / X. Wang and R.H. Tedford -- Domestication of Dogs / P. Savolainen -- Origin of Dog Breed Diversity / C. Vilà and J.A. Leonard -- Mechanisms and Function in Dog Behaviour / P. Jensen -- Behaviour Genetics in Canids / E. Jazin -- Sensory Physiology and Dog Behaviour / H. Bubna-Littitz -- Social Behaviour of Dogs and Related Canids / D.U. Feddersen-Petersen -- Learning in Dogs / P. Reid -- Behaviour and Social Ecology of Free-ranging Dogs / L. Boitani, P. Ciucci and A. Ortolani -- Evolutionary Aspects on Breeding of Working Dogs / R. Beilharz -- Individual Differences in Behaviour : Dog Personality / K. Svartberg -- Human-Animal Interactions and Social Cognition in Dogs / Á. Miklósi -- Behavioural Disorders of Dogs / R.A. Mugford -- Behaviour and Disease in Dogs / Å. Hedhammar and K. Hultin-Jäderlund.
edited by Per Jensen, IFM Biology, Linköping University, Sweden.
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Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000)
Animal Physiology and Biochemistry (Excluding Nutrition)
Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries of Animals
Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, MA : CABI International, c2007.