Domestic Animal Behavior for Veterinarians and Animal Scientists / Edition 6

by Katherine A. Houpt

Overview

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

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781119232766
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	03/27/2018
Edition description:	6th ed.
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

The author
Katherine A. Houpt, VMD, PhD, DACVB, is Professor Emeritus of Behavioral Medicine at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine in Ithaca, New York, USA.

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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

Editorial Reviews

3 Stars from Doody

Reviewer: Michelle Jaeger, BS, CVT, VTS (Surgery)(University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine)
Description: This is an update of a 2004 book on key behavior issues of domestic animals.
Purpose: The purpose is to help veterinarians and animal scientists obtain a more thorough understanding of animal behavior.
Audience: Written by a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists, the book is directed at veterinarians and animal scientists.
Features: In an organized format, it presents each aspect of behavior principles for each species of domestic animals. It provides many images to help with the interpretation of animal behavior. It could have added recommendations for correction of behavior.
Assessment: This book provides pertinent information to help in the understanding of animal behavior.

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