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Domestic Animal Behavior for Veterinarians and Animal Scientists
von: Katherine A. Houpt
Wiley-Blackwell, 2018
ISBN: 9781119232797 , 448 Seiten
6. Auflage
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: DRM
Preis: 68,99 EUR
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Title Page
5
Copyright Page
6
Contents
9
Acknowledgments
11
About the Author
13
About the Companion Website
15
Chapter 1 Communication
17
Introduction
17
Perception
18
Vision
18
Audition
21
Olfaction
21
Horses
22
Vocalizations
22
Visual Signals
23
Tactile Sense
26
Olfactory Signals
26
Dogs
27
Vocalizations
27
Visual Signals
28
Posture
28
Olfactory Signals
30
Cats
32
Vocalizations and Audition
32
Visual Signals
32
Olfactory Signals
34
Pigs
36
Vocalizations
36
Posture
37
Group Behavior
37
Olfactory Signals
37
Cattle
37
Visual Signals
37
Vocalizations
38
Sheep
38
Visual Signals
38
Communication with Humans
38
Vocalizations
39
Goats
39
Visual Signals
39
Vocalizations
39
Olfactory Signals
39
Chapter 2 Aggression and Social Structure
41
Sociability
41
Introduction
41
Categories of Aggression
41
Social or Dominance-Related Aggression
41
Territorial Aggression
42
Pain-Induced Aggression
42
Fear-Induced Aggression
42
Maternal Aggression
42
Predatory Aggression
42
The Biological Basis of Aggression
43
Genetic Factors: Breed Differences
43
Environmental Control of Aggression
43
Hormonal Control of Aggression
43
Cattle
44
Free-Ranging Cattle
44
Confined Cattle
44
Sheep
48
Free-Ranging Sheep
48
Confined Sheep
48
Goats
49
Free-Ranging Goats
49
Confined Goats
49
Horses
50
Free-Ranging Horses
50
Domestic Horses
51
Pigs
55
Free-Ranging Pigs
55
Confined Pigs
55
Preventing Aggression among Newly Mixed Pigs
58
Tail Biting
59
Grooming
59
Dogs
60
Social Behavior
60
Maternal Aggression
61
Predatory Aggression
61
Cats
61
Free-Ranging Cats
61
Confined Cats
63
Chapter 3 Biological Rhythms and Sleep and Stereotypic Behavior
67
Introduction
67
High-Frequency Rhythms
67
Ultradian Rhythms
68
Circadian Rhythms
68
Zeitgebers
68
Examples of Circadian Rhythms
69
Other Rhythms
71
Annual Rhythms
72
Sleep Functions and Types
72
Patterns of Sleep and Activity in Domestic Animals
73
Dogs
73
Cats
76
Pigs
77
Horses
79
Cattle
90
Sheep
92
Goats
97
Chapter 4 Sexual Behavior
99
Introduction
99
Physiological Bases of Sexual Behavior
99
Social and Sexual Experience
101
The Central Nervous System and the Control of Sexual Behavior
103
Cattle
105
The Cow
105
The Bull
108
Courtship Behavior
109
Serving-Capacity Tests
111
Sheep
113
The Ewe
113
The Ram
115
Goats
120
Free-Ranging Goats
120
The Doe
121
The Buck
121
Clinical Problems
121
Horses
122
Free-Ranging Horses
122
The Mare
122
The Stallion
126
Pigs
130
The Sow
130
The Boar
131
Dogs
133
Free-Ranging Dogs
133
The Bitch
133
The Dog
134
Cats
138
Free-Ranging Cats
138
The Queen
138
The Tom
140
Chapter 5 Maternal Behavior
143
Introduction: General Principles of Maternal Behavior
143
Internal Factors That Elicit Maternal Behavior
143
External Factors That Elicit Maternal Behavior
145
Summary
145
Pigs
145
The Free-Ranging Sow
145
The Group-Housed Sow
146
The Confined Sow
146
Parturition
147
Behavior of the Sow toward the Neonate
147
Behavior of the Neonatal Piglet toward the Sow
148
Nursing
148
Mutual Recognition
150
Defensive Reaction
150
Weaning
150
Clinical Problems
151
Sheep
151
Parturition
152
Behavior of the Ewe toward the Newborn Lamb
152
Weaning
157
Clinical Problems
157
Mismothering
158
Oral Vices of Artificially Reared Lambs
158
Goats
158
Clinical Problems
159
Cattle
160
Parturition
160
Bonding
160
Suckling
161
Weaning
162
Clinical Problems
163
Horses
164
Parturition
164
Post-parturient Behavior
164
Suckling
165
The Mare–Foal Bond
166
Mutual Recognition
167
Artificial Weaning
167
Clinical Problems
168
Cats
169
Parturition
169
Suckling
170
Homing and Retrieval
171
Communal Nests
172
Grooming
172
Acceptance of Kittens
172
Clinical Problems
173
Dogs
173
Parturition
173
Suckling
174
Licking
174
Weaning
175
Clinical Problems
176
Chapter 6 Development of Behavior
179
Introduction
179
Dogs
179
Critical or Sensitive Periods
179
Neurological Development
185
Sleep
185
Play
186
Cats
188
Sensitive Periods
188
Neurological Development
191
Sleep
192
Play
192
Horse
194
The Foal’s First Day
194
The First Year
196
Grazing
196
Sleep
197
Play
197
Flehmen and Snapping
198
The Juvenile Period
199
Pigs
199
Sleep
200
Teat Order
200
Feeding
200
Play
201
Elimination
201
Relationships with Humans
201
Ruminants
202
Lambs
202
Kids
203
Calves
204
Chapter 7 Learning
207
Introduction
207
Types of Learning
207
Habituation
207
Classical Conditioning
207
Operant Conditioning
209
Chaining
209
Discrimination Learning
209
Imprinting
210
Conditioned Taste Aversion
211
Formation and Strengthening of a Learned Task
212
Influences on Learning
214
Rewards
214
Comparative Cognition
215
Brain Weight to Body Weight Ratio
215
Social Cognition
216
Jealousy and Fairness
218
Object Permanence
218
Mirror
218
Theory of Mind
219
Conceptual Learning
219
Learning by Observation
220
Cognitive Bias
221
Numeracy
222
Inferential Reasoning by Exclusion
223
Delayed Response Method
223
Maze Learning
223
Episodic Memory
224
Pigs
224
Operant Conditioning
225
Visual Discrimination
225
Dogs
226
Navigation
226
Model Rival Learning
226
Global versus Local Cues
226
Incidental Memory
226
Effects of Age
226
Geriatric Cognitive Dysfunction
227
Cattle
228
Operant Conditioning
228
Effects of Age
229
Sheep
229
Goats
230
Horses
231
Operant Conditioning
232
Visual Discrimination
232
Influences on Learning
233
Cats
234
Discrimination
234
Navigation
235
Rewards
235
Discrimination
235
Effects of Age
235
Chapter 8 Ingestive Behavior: Food and Water Intake
237
Introduction
237
General
237
Control of Food Intake in Pigs
238
Meal Patterns
238
Social Facilitation
240
Palatability
240
Environmental Temperature
241
Gastrointestinal Factors
242
Hormonal Effect
243
Feeding at Parturition
243
Imbalance of Dietary Amino Acids
243
Glucose Utilization
243
Defense of Body Weight
243
Integration of Factors That Stimulate and Inhibit Intake in the Central Nervous System
245
Clinical Problems
246
Control of Food Intake in Dogs
246
Meal Patterns
246
Social Facilitation
246
Palatability
246
Environmental Temperature
247
Gastrointestinal Factors
248
Hormonal Effect
248
Glucose Utilization
248
Defense of Body Weight
248
Integration of Factors That Stimulate and Inhibit Intake in the Central Nervous System
249
Control of Food Intake in Cats
249
Meal Patterns
249
Palatability
250
Environmental Temperature
251
Gastrointestinal Factors
251
Hormonal Effects
251
Glucose Utilization
251
Defense of Body Weight
251
Drug Effects
252
Control of Food Intake in Horses
252
Meal Patterns
252
Social Facilitation
252
Palatability
253
Grazing
253
Gastrointestinal Factors
254
Central Nervous System Depressants
254
Defense of Body Weight
254
Geophagia
255
Control of Food Intake in Cattle
255
Meal Patterns
255
Social Facilitation
256
Palatability
256
Grazing and Selectivity
256
Environmental Temperature
258
Rumen Fill and the Products of Rumen Fermentation
258
Humoral and Central Neural Factors
258
Defense of Body Weight
259
Parasitism
259
Clinical Problems
260
Control of Food Intake in Sheep
260
Meal Patterns
261
Social Facilitation
261
Palatability
261
Defense of Body Weight
261
Rumen Factors
261
Intestinal Receptors
262
Grazing and Selectivity
262
Environmental Temperature
263
Hormonal Factors
263
Glucose Utilization
263
Control of Food Intake in Goats
263
Meal Patterns and Grazing
263
Central Neural Mechanisms in Ruminants
264
Water Intake
264
Increase in Osmotic Pressure
265
Decrease in Blood Volume
265
Angiotensin
265
Dry Mouth
265
Multiple Causes of Thirst
265
Adipsia and Hyponatremia
266
Specific Hungers and Salt Appetite
267
Chapter 9 Behavioral Genetics
269
Cats
269
Coat Color
269
Breed Differences
269
Feline Temperament Tests
269
Dogs
271
Sex Differences
271
Breed Differences
271
Behavior Problems
275
Temperament
279
Horses
282
Breed Differences
282
Coat Color
282
Equine Temperament Tests
282
Cattle
285
Breed Differences
285
Bovine Temperament Tests
286
Sheep
287
Social Behavior
287
Sexual and Maternal Behavior
287
Ovine Temperament Tests
287
Goats
288
Caprine Temperament
288
Pigs
288
Breed Differences
288
Porcine Temperament Test
289
Laterality or Handedness in Animals
290
Horses
290
Dog
290
Cats
291
Ruminants
291
Hair Whorls
291
References
293
Index
417
EULA
446