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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

Domestic Animal Behavior for Veterinarians and Animal Scientists

• Cover


• Title Page


• Acknowledgments


• About the Author


• About the Companion Website


• 1 Communication


• Introduction


• Perception


• Horses


• Dogs


• Cats


• Pigs


• Cattle


• Sheep


• Goats


• 2 Aggression and Social Structure


• Sociability


• Introduction


• Categories of Aggression


• The Biological Basis of Aggression


• Cattle


• Sheep


• Goats


• Horses


• Pigs


• Dogs


• Cats


• 3 Biological Rhythms and Sleep and Stereotypic Behavior


• Introduction


• High-Frequency Rhythms


• Ultradian Rhythms


• Circadian Rhythms


• Other Rhythms


• Annual Rhythms


• Sleep Functions and Types


• Patterns of Sleep and Activity in Domestic Animals


• 4 Sexual Behavior


• Introduction


• Cattle


• Sheep


• Goats


• Horses


• Pigs


• Dogs


• Cats


• 5 Maternal Behavior


• Introduction: General Principles of Maternal Behavior


• Pigs


• Sheep


• Goats


• Cattle


• Horses


• Cats


• Dogs


• 6 Development of Behavior


• Introduction


• Dogs


• Cats


• Horse


• Pigs


• Ruminants


• 7 Learning


• Introduction


• Comparative Cognition


• Pigs


• Dogs


• Cattle


• Sheep


• Goats