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Domestic Animal Behavior, Fifth Edition is a fully updated revision of this classic text, with chapters examining key behavior issues ranging from communication to social structure. Coverage encompasses a wide variety of domestic animals including cats, dogs, horses, pigs, sheep, and cattle. The Fifth Edition also expands its coverage on new key areas of behavior research, including cognition and the genetics of behavior, and provides valuable, current information on normal and aberrant behaviors, making it a must-have resource for veterinarians and animal scientists seeking a thorough understanding of animal behavior. Domestic Animal Behavior, Fifth Edition is a fully updated revision of this popular, classic text. Maintaining the foundation of earlier editions, chapters examine key behavior issues ranging from communication to social structure. Each chapter covers a wide variety of domestic animals including cats, dogs, horses, pigs, sheep, and cattle.
The Fifth Edition also expands its coverage on new key areas of behavior research, including cognition and the genetics of behavior, and provides valuable, current information on normal and aberrant behaviors. Domestic Animal Behavior, Fifth Edition is a must-have resource for veterinarians and animal scientists seeking a more thorough understanding of the principles of animal behavior.
Key Features:
Fully updated revision of popular, classic text
Maintains the foundation of earlier editions with chapters that look at key behavior issues ranging from communication to social structure
Covers a wide variety of domestic animals including cats, dogs, horses, pigs, sheep, and cattle
Expands coverage on new key areas of behavior research, including cognition and perception and the genetics of behavior
Provides valuable, current information on normal and aberrant behaviors

Domestic Animal Behavior for Veterinarians and Animal Scientists

About the Author.
Preface.
Acknowledgment.
1 Communication.
Introduction.
Perception.
Vision.
Audition.
Olfaction.
Horses.
Vocalizations.
Visual signals.
Tactile sense.
Olfactory signals.
Dogs.
Vocalizations.
Visual signals.
Olfactory signals.
Cats.
Vocalizations and audition.
Visual signals.
Olfactory signals.
Behavior Problems.
Clawing and scratching.
Pigs.
Vocalizations.
Visual signals.
Olfactory signals.
Cattle, Sheep, and Goats.
Vocalizations.
Visual signals.
Olfactory signals.
2 Aggression and Social Structure.
Introduction.
Categories of Aggression.
Social- or dominance-related aggression.
Territorial aggression.
Pain-induced aggression.
Fear-induced aggression.
Maternal aggression.
Predatory aggression.
The Biological Basis of Aggression.
Genetic factors: breed differences.
Environmental control of aggression.
Hormonal control 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.
Types of aggression.
Grooming.
Clinical problems.
Pigs.
Free-ranging pigs.
Confined pigs.
Dogs.
Social behavior.
Determinants of dominance.
Clinical problems.
Cats.
Free-ranging cats.
Confined cats.
Clinical problems.
Interspecific aggression.
3 Biological Rhythms and Sleep.
Introduction.
High-Frequency Rhythms.
Ultradian Rhythms.
Circadian Rhythms.
Zeitgebers.
Examples of circadian rhythms.
Other Rhythms.
Annual Rhythms.
Types of sleep.
Patterns of Sleep and Activity in Domestic Animals.
Dogs.
Cats.
Elimination.
Pigs.
Horses.
Cattle.
Sheep.
Goats.
Clinical Problems.
Hyperactivity.
Narcolepsy.
Nocturnal wakefulness.
4 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.
The bull.
Sheep.
The ewe.
The ram.
Goats.
Free-ranging goats.
The doe.
The buck.
Clinical problems.
Horses.
Free-ranging horses.
The mare.
The stallion.
Pigs.
The sow.
The boar.
Dogs.
The bitch.
The dog.
Cats.
Free-ranging cats.
The queen.
The tom.
5 Maternal Behavior.
Introduction: General Principles of Maternal Behavior.
Internal factors that elicit maternal behavior.
Learning.
Recognition of the young (individual signature vs. maternal labeling).
External factors that elicit maternal behavior.
Summary.
Pigs.
The free-ranging sow.
The group-housed sow.
The confined sow.
Nest building.
Parturition.
Nursing.
Mutual recognition.
Defensive reaction.
Weaning.
Clinical problems.
Sheep.
Parturition.
Behavior of the ewe toward the newborn lamb.
Acceptance of the lamb.
Weaning.
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.
6 Development of Behavior.
Introduction.
Dogs.
Critical or sensitive periods.
Neonatal period.
Transitional period.
Socialization.
Juvenile period.
Conclusions.
Neurological development.
Sleep.
Play.
Play fighting.
Sexual play.
Characteristics of play behavior.
Cats.
Sensitive periods.
Neurological development.
Sleep.
Play.
Play periods.
Predatory play.
Sexual play.
Relationships with humans.
Clinical problems.
Horses.
The foal's first day.
The mare-foal bond.
Grazing.
Sleep.
Play.
Flehmen and snapping.
The juvenile period.
Pigs.
Sleep.
Teat order.
Feeding.
Play.
Elimination.
Relationships with humans.
Ruminants.
Lambs.
Kids.
Calves.
7 Learning.
Introduction.
Types of learning.
Formation and