Ethology of Domestic Animals: An Introductory Text / Edition 2

by Per Jensen

Overview

The 13 chapters of this text consider ethology (the study of animal behavior), its causes, and biological function, both as a discipline and for specific kinds of animals. Attention is given to the adverse effects possible in modern farms. Jensen (ethology, Swedish U. of Agricultural Sciences, Skara, Sweden) contributes chapters introducing the study of animal behavior and its applications; behavioral genetics, evolution, and domestication; and the ethology of pigs. Other chapters describe learning and cognition; behavioral disturbances, stress and welfare; and the ethology of fowl, horses, cattle, sheep and goats, dogs, cats, rabbits, and rodents. The contributors are researchers in Canada, Norway, Denmark, the UK, and the US. The book is distributed by Oxford U. Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2901845935367
Publisher:	CAB International North America
Publication date:	05/01/2009
Series:	Modular Texts Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Per Jensen is professor of Ethology at Linköping University in Sweden since 2002. He obtained his PhD on the behaviour of pigs in 1983 at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, where he stayed as a researcher and professor until he moved to the present position. He has conducted extensive research on the natural behaviour of pigs kept in large, outdoor enclosures. Since 1997, his main research topic is behaviour genetics of domestication, using chickens as study subjects. He is the head of a research group in applied ethology, with about ten people in total. Per Jensen is also heavily involved in teaching of ethology and genetics on all levels, from introductory courses, via advanced level and masters courses to PhD-training. For ten years, he was a member (and chairman) of the Scientific Committee of Animal Welfare of the EU-commission, and he is an editor-in-chief for Applied Animal Behaviour Science. .

Table of Contents

1. The Study of Animal Behaviour and its Applications, Per Jensen
2. Behaviour Genetics, Evolution and Domestication, Per Jensen
3. Behaviour and Physiology, Anna Valros and Laura Hänninen
4. Motivation and the Organisation of Behaviour, Georgia Mason and Melissa Bateson
5. Learning and Cognition, Michael Mendl and Christine J. Nicol
6. Social and Reproductive Behaviour, Daniel M. Weary and David Fraser
7. Play and Ontogeny of Behaviour, Susan Held
8. Introduction to Animal Personality, Hanne Løvlie
9. Abnormal Behaviour, Stress and Welfare, Linda Keeling and Per Jensen
10. Human-animal Relations, Susanne Waiblinger
11. Behaviour of Domesticated Birds: Chickens, Turkeys and Ducks, Joy Mench
12. Behaviour of Horses, Daniel Mills and Sarah Redgate
13. Behaviour of Cattle, Cassandra B. Tucker
14. Behaviour of Sheep and Goats, Cathy Dwyer
15. Behaviour of Pigs, Marek Špinka
16. Behaviour of Dogs, Deborah L. Wells
17. Behaviour of Cats, John Bradshaw
18. Behaviour of Foxes and Mink Kept for Fur Production, Anne-Lene Hovland, Leena Ahola, Jens Malmkvist
19. Behaviour of Laboratory Mice and Rats, Hanno Würbel, Charlotte Burn and Naomi Latham

Editorial Reviews

"[This text does] succeed in educating readers on ideas, concepts, and examples of animal behavior."—American Veterinary Medical Association

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