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Equine behaviour : principles and practice /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mills, D. S.
Other Authors: Nankervis, K. J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, 1999.
Subjects:
Behavior, Animal.
Horses.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Understanding behaviour concepts
  • Approaches to the study of behaviour
  • What is behaviour
  • Ethology versus psychology
  • A brief guide to conducting a behaviour study
  • Conclusion
  • Topics for discussion
  • Origins of behaviour
  • An evolutionary approach to understanding behaviour
  • Lamrach versus Darwin
  • Genes not individuals
  • Evolutionary throwbacks and genetic jumps
  • Adaptation and apparent studidity in domestic horses
  • Evolution and the variety of behaviour
  • Conclusion
  • The evolutionary history of the horse
  • Introduction
  • Early evolution of the horse
  • The arrival of Equus
  • The origins of the modern breeds
  • Domestication and its consequences
  • The lifetime development of behaviour
  • Instinctive and learned behaviour, what is the difference?
  • Sensitive phases for special times and specific associations
  • Using play for better management
  • Using natural biases in development to improve management
  • Pt. 2. Mechanisms of behaviour
  • The processing of information
  • Introduction
  • The nervous system
  • Neural transmission
  • Central processing
  • Behavioural motivation
  • Autonomic and somatic nervous systems
  • The special senses
  • Sight
  • Hearing
  • Chemoreception
  • Cutaneous sensation
  • Communication and social organisation
  • Communication
  • Social organisation
  • The composition of the group
  • The social structure of the group
  • The dynamics of the group
  • How horses defend their resources
  • Sexual and reproductive behaviour of horses
  • Basic genetic foundations of the individual's sexuality
  • Normal mare specific behaviour
  • Normal sexual behaviour of the stallion
  • Modifiers of the genetic blueprint
  • Pt. 3. The flexibility of behaviour and its management
  • Learning and training
  • Psychological processes
  • A few basic procedures
  • Applying reinforcement to train new behaviours
  • Punishment and its problems
  • General guidelines to training new behaviours
  • Learning beyond a change in behaviour
  • Training techniques for problem behaviours
  • Welfare
  • Understanding welfare
  • What is right is not always the same as what is good
  • Measuring welfare
  • Is the domestic horse a fish out of water?
  • Stereotypes
  • Principles of treatment for stereotypies and other behavioural problems.