Social behavior in farm animals /

Social behavior in farm animals /

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The book is about social behaviour in farm animals (cattle, pigs, domestic birds, sheep, horses and fish). Part I of the book deals with the concepts of social behaviour, Part II concentrates on species-specific animal behaviour, and part III tackles the contemporary topics in social behaviour

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gonyou, H. W (Harold W.) (Editor), Keeling, L. J (Linda J.) (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2001
Subjects:
Animal welfare
Domestic animals > Behavior
Social behavior in animals
Animal Behaviour
Animal Husbandry and Production, (New March 2000)
Behaviour
Cattle
Domestic animals
Farm management
Fishes
Fowls
Group behaviour
Horses
Parental behaviour
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Social behaviour
Table of Contents:
  • Living in Groups : an Evolutionary Perspective / Michael Mendl and Suzanne Held
  • Group Life / A. Cecilia Lindberg
  • Parental Behaviour / Per Jensen
  • The Evolution and Domestication of Social Behaviour / W. Ray Stricklin
  • The Social Behaviour of Cattle / Marie-France Bouissou, Alain Boissy, Pierre Le Neindre and Isabelle Veissier
  • The Social Behaviour of Pigs / Harold W. Gonyou
  • The Social Behaviour of Domestic Birds / Joy Mench and Linda Keeling
  • The Social Behaviour of Sheep / Andrew Fisher and Lindsay Matthews
  • The Social Behaviour of Horses / Natalie K. Waran
  • The Social Behaviour of Fish / Eva Brännäs, Anders Alanärä and Carin Magnhagen
  • Breaking Social Bonds / Ruth Newberry and Janice Swanson
  • Individual Differences and Personality / Hans Erhard and Willem Schouten
  • People as Social Actors in the World of Farm Animals / Jeffrey Rushen, Anne Marie de Passillé, Lene Munksgaard and Hajima Tanida
  • Social Cognition of Farm Animals / Suzanne T. Millman and Ian J.H. Duncan

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