Domestic Animal Behavior for Veterinarians and Animal Scientists

Fully updated revision of a classic text offering a thorough understanding of the normal behaviour of domestic animals.

The Seventh Edition of Domestic Animal Behaviour for Veterinarians and Animal Scientists is a fully updated revision of this popular, classic text, offering a thorough understanding of the normal behaviour of domestic animals. Maintaining the foundation of earlier editions, chapters examine key behaviour issues ranging from communication to social structure.

The Seventh Edition adds enhanced coverage of behavioural genetics, animal cognition, and learning, considering new knowledge and the very latest information throughout. Each chapter covers a wide variety of farm and companion animals, including dogs, cats, horses, pigs, sheep, cattle, and goats. Major additions are chicken and donkey behaviour, as well as the microbiome. The cognitive skills of the different species are discussed in the learning chapter.

Each chapter covers a particular behaviour subdivided by species. The information has been updated using content published in the past five years. To aid in reader comprehension and assist in self-learning, a companion website provides review questions and answers and the figures from the book in PowerPoint.

Sample topics covered in Domestic Animal Behaviour for Veterinarians and Animal Scientists include:

• Communication patterns, perception, vocalisation, visual signals, social behaviour, sleep and activity patterns, and detection of emotions in others.
• Maternal behaviour, pain- and fear-induced aggression, feeding habits, and behavioural problems (such as cribbing, offspring rejection, and anxiety).
• Aggression and social structure, stereotypic behaviour, free-ranging versus confined behaviour, and maternal behaviour (such as recognising the young).
• Sexual behaviour, development of behaviour, and sleep behaviour, including ultradian, circadian, annual, and other rhythms.
• Ingestive behaviour (food and water intake), hyperactivity and narcolepsy, and overall learning behaviour.

The role of genetics, the environment, and the microbiome in behaviour. The Seventh Edition of Domestic Animal Behaviour for Veterinarians and Animal Scientists is an essential reference for students of animal science and veterinary students, as well as qualified veterinarians and animal scientists seeking a more thorough understanding of the principles of animal behaviour.