Domestic Animal Behavior for Veterinarians and Animal Scientists, Sixth Edition is a fully updated revision of this popular, classic text offering a thorough understanding of the normal behavior of domestic animals.
- Provides a complete understanding of the normal behavior of domestic animals
- Covers dogs, cats, horses, pigs, sheep, cattle, and goats
- Describes all key aspects of animal behavior, with images to support the concepts
- Revised and updated to cover the latest thinking, with enhanced coverage of behavioral genetics, animal cognition, and learning
- Includes access to a companion website with review questions and answers and the figures from the book in PowerPoint
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
About the Author xi
About the Companion Website xiii
1 Communication 1
2 Aggression and Social Structure 25
3 Biological Rhythms and Sleep and Stereotypic Behavior 51
4 Sexual Behavior 83
5 Maternal Behavior 127
6 Development of Behavior 163
7 Learning 191
8 Ingestive Behavior: Food and Water Intake 221
9 Behavioral Genetics 253
References 277
Index 401
