Domestic animal behavior for veterinarians and animal scientists /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ames :
Iowa State University Press,
1998.
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Communication
- Introduction
- Perception
- Horses
- Audition
- Vision
- Olfaction
- Dogs
- Audition
- Vision
- Olfaction
- Behavior problems
- Cats
- Audition
- Vision
- Olfaction
- Behavior problems
- Pigs
- Audition
- Vision
- Olfaction
- Cattle, sheep, and goats
- Audition and vision
- Olfaction
- Aggression and social structure
- Introduction
- Categories of aggression
- The Biological basis of aggression
- Cattle
- Free-ranging cattle
- Confined cattle
- Clinical cases of aggression
- Sheep
- Free-ranging sheep
- Confined sheep
- Goats
- Free-ranging goats
- Confined goats
- Horses
- Free-ranging horses
- Domestic horses
- Clinical problems
- Pigs
- Free-ranging pigs
- Confined pigs
- Dogs
- Social behavior
- Determinants of dominance
- Territorial aggression
- Fear-induced aggression
- Aggression and hormonal influences
- Predatory aggression
- Guard dogs for predator control
- Clinical problems
- Cats
- Free-ranging cats
- Confined cats
- Clinical problems
- Biological rhythms and sleep
- Biological rhythms and sleep
- Introduction
- High-frequency rhythms
- Ultradian rhythms
- Circadian rhythms
- Other rhythms
- Annual rhythms
- Sleep
- Patterns of sleep and activity in domestic animals
- Dogs
- Cats
- Pigs
- Horses
- Cattle
- Sheep
- Goats
- Clinical problems
- Hyperactivity
- Narcolepsay
- Nocturnal wakefulness
- Sexual behavior
- Introduction
- Physiological bases of sexual behavior
- Social and sexual experience
- The Central nervous system and the control of sexual behavior
- Cattle
- The Cow
- Clinical problems of cows
- The Bull
- Clinical problems of bulls
- Sheep
- The Ewe
- The Ram
- Clinical problems of rams
- Goats
- Free-ranging goats
- The Doe
- The Buck
- Clinical problems
- Horses
- Free-ranging horses
- The Mare
- Clinical problems of mares
- The Stallion
- Clinical problems of stallions
- Pigs
- The Sow
- Clinical problems of sows
- The Boar
- Clinical problems of boars
- Dogs
- The Bitch
- Clinical problems of bitches
- The Dog
- Clinical problems of dogs
- Cats
- Free-ranging cats
- The Queen
- Clinical problems of queens
- The Tom
- Clinical problems of toms
- Maternal behavior
- Introduction: general principles of maternal behavior
- Internal factors that elicit maternal behavior
- External factors that elicit maternal behavior
- Pigs
- The Free-ranging sow
- The Group-housed sow
- The Confined sow
- Clinical problems
- Sheep
- Parturition
- Behavior of the ewe toward the newborn lamb
- Acceptance of the lamb
- Clinical problems
- Goats
- Clinical problems
- Cattle
- Parturition
- Bonding
- Suckling
- Weaning
- Clinical problems
- Horses
- Parturition
- Postparturient behavior
- Suckling
- Weaning
- Mutual recognition
- Clinical problems
- Cats
- Parturition
- Suckling
- Teat order
- Homing and retrieval
- Communal nests
- Grooming
- Acceptance of kittens
- Clinical problems
- Dogs
- Parturition
- Suckling
- Licking
- Weaning
- Clinical problems
- Development of behavior
- Introduction
- Dogs
- Critical or sensitive periods
- Neurological development
- Sleep
- Play
- Relationships with humans
- Feline temperament test
- Clinical problems
- Horses
- The Foal's first day
- The First year
- The Juvenile period
- Pigs
- Sleep
- Teat order
- Feeding
- Play
- Elimination
- Relationships with humans
- Temperament tests
- Ruminants
- Lambs
- Kids
- Calves
- Conclusion
- Learning
- Introduction
- Types of learning
- Formation and strengthening of a learned task
- Rewards
- Comparative intelligence
- Methods of measurement
- Problems of cross-species comparison
- Summary
- Pigs
- Sex, breed,and age differences
- Operant conditioning
- Visual discrimination
- Effect of drugs
- Effect of malnutrition on learning
- Dogs
- - Housebreaking
- Canine geriatric cognitive dysfunction
- Breed differences
- Cattle
- Operant conditioning
- Taste aversion
- Visual and auditory discrimination
- Effects of age
- Sheep and goats
- Horses
- Operant conditioning
- Visual discrimination
- Maze learning
- Observational learning
- Influences on learning
- Cats
- Discrimination
- Rewards
- Brain stimulation
- Conceptual learning
- Imitation
- Ingestive behavior: food and water intake
- Introduction
- General
- Control of food intake in pigs
- Meal patterns
- Social facilitation
- Palatability
- Environmental temperature
- Gastrointestinal factors
- Estrogen levels
- Feeding at parturition
- Imbalance of dietary amino acids s-- Glucose utilization
- Defense of body weight
- Integration of factors that stimulate and inhibit intake in the central nervous system
- Clinical problems
- Control of food intake in dogs
- Meal patterns
- Social facilitation
- Palatability
- Environmental temperature
- Gastrointestinal factors
- Estrogen level
- Glucose utiliation
- Defense of body weight
- Integration of factors that stimulate and inhibit intake in the central nervous system
- Clinical problems
- Control of food intake in cats
- Meal patterns
- Social facilitation
- Palatability
- Environmental temperature
- Gastrointestinal factors
- Hormonal effects
- Glucose utilization
- Defense of body weight
- Integration of factors that stimulate and inhibit intake in the central nervous system
- Clincal problems
- Control of food intake in horses
- Meal patterns
- Social facilitation
- Palatability
- Grazing
- Gastrointestinal factors
- Central nervous system depressants
- Defense of body weight
- Clinical problems
- Control of food intake in cattle
- Meal patterns
- Social facilitation
- Palatability
- Grazing and selectivity
- Environmental temperature
- Estrogen level
- Rumen fill and the products of rumen fermentation
- Humoral and central neural factors
- Defense of body weight
- Clinical problems
- Control of food intake in sheep
- Meal patterns
- Social facilitation
- Palatability
- Defense of body weight
- Rumen factors
- Intestinal receptors
- Grazing and selectivity
- Environmental temperature
- Hormonal factors
- Glucose utilization
- Central neural mechanisms
- Control of food intake in goats
- Meal patterns
- Water intake
- Increase in osmotic pressure
- Decrease in blood volume
- Angiotensin
- Dry mouth
- Multiple causes of thirst
- Specific hungers and salt appetite
- Miscellaneous behavioral disorders
- The Interview
- Behavioral history
- Environment
- Early history
- Training
- Other behavioral problems
- Instructions
- Dogs
- Destructiveness
- Self-mutilation
- Tail chasing
- Phobias
- Running and car chasing
- Backyard problems
- Jumping up on people
- Fly catching
- Vomiting
- Psychosomatic problems
- Cats
- Destructiveness
- Withdrawal
- Horses
- Behavior problems in the stable
- Trailering problems
- Behavior problems under saddle
- Phobias
- Behavior-related problems
- Physiologically based problems
- Cattle and other farm animals
- Cattle
- Pigs
- Sheep and goats
- Appendix 1: separation anxiety
- Appendix 2: animal ownership, history, and behavior records
- Canine behavioral history
- Cat owner questionnaire
- Behavioral history form for horses
- History form for foal rejecting mares
- Behavioral history form for horses with trailer problems
- Appendix 3: canine and ovine brains
- Ventral view of canine brain
- Median section of canine brain at the third ventricle and mesencephalic aqueduct
- Transverse section of ovine brain at the level of the hypothalamus