Domestic animal behaviour and welfare / Donald M. Broom and Andrew F. Fraser.

CONTENTS

Introduction to ideas and measurement
introducing and concepts
describing, recording and measuring behavior

Fundamental topics
learning, cognition and behavior development
motivation
evolution and optimality
welfare assessment

Organization of behavior
behavior towards predators and social attackers; anti-predator strategies
feeding
body care
locomotion and space occupied
exploration
spacing behavior
rest and sleep

Reproductive and social behavior
general social behavior
human-domestic animal interactions
seasonal and reproductive behavior
juvenile and play behavior
sexual behavior

Early and parental behavior
fetal and parturient behavior
maternal and neonatal behavior
juvenile and play behavior

Welfare topics
handling, transport and humane control of domestic animals
stunning and slaughter
welfare and behavior in relation to disease
abnormal behavior 1: stereotypies
abnormal behavior 2: self- directed and environment- directed
abnormal behavior 3: addressed to another individual
abnormal behavior 4: failure to function
abnormal behavior 5: anomalous reactivity

Welfare of various animals
the welfare of cattle
the welfare of sheep and goats
the welfare of pigs
the welfare of farmed and pet fish
the welfare of animals kept for fur production
the welfare of horses, other equids and other draught animals
the welfare of farmed and pet rabbits
the welfare of dogs
the welfare of cats
the welfare of other pet animals

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.