Ethology of Domestic Animals, The

An Introductory Text

Per Jensen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2002
CABI Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-85199-602-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This authoritative textbook features contributing authors from around the world and fills a gap in the market for a concise, introductory text. This book provides a basic, introductory text on the behaviour of domestic animals, a subject that is now taught to a wide range of students of veterinary medicine, animal science and biology.

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This work covers behaviour, genetics, physiology and motivation, and social and reproductive behaviours, with separate chapters on the behaviour of individual farm animal species and on dogs and cats, rabbits and rodents. This authoritative textbook fetatures contributing authors from the UK, USA, Canada and Scandinavia and fills a gap in the market for a concise, introductory text. This book provides a basic, introductory text on the behaviour of domestic animals, a subject that is now taught to a wide range of students of veterinary medicine, animal science and biology. It also provides an overview of the subject for practising veterinarians and advisers.

Inhalt

PART A: Basic elements of animal behaviour 1: The study of animal behaviour and its applications, Per Jensen 2: Behavioural genetics, evolution and domestication, Per Jensen 3: Physiology, motivation and the organization of behaviour, Frederick Toates, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK 4: Learning and cognition, Björn Forkman, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark 5: Social and reproductive behaviour, Daniel M Weary, and David Fraser, University of British Columbia, Canada 6: Behavioural disturbances, stress and welfare, Linda Keeling Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden and Per Jensen PART B: Species-specific behaviour of some important domestic animals 7: Behaviour of fowl and other domesticated birds, Linda Keeling 8: Behaviour of horses, Sue M McDonnell, University of Pennsylvania, USA 9: Behaviour of cattle, Stephen J G Hall, University of Lincoln, UK 10: Behaviour of sheep and goats, S Mark Rutter, Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, UK 11: Behaviour of pigs, Per Jensen 12: Behaviour of dogs and cats, Bjarne O Braastad and Morten Bakken, Agricultural University of Norway, Norway 13: Behaviour of rabbits and rodents, David B Morton, University of Birmingham, UK

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.5.2002
• Verlagsort: Wallingford
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 172 x 244 mm
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin ► Großtier
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• ISBN-10: 0-85199-602-7 / 0851996027
• ISBN-13: 978-0-85199-602-8 / 9780851996028
• Zustand: Neuware