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Domestic animal behaviour and welfare.

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This fifth edition book is a comprehensive guide to the behaviour and welfare of domestic animals. It provides practical information for those involved with farming, pet animals and veterinary work and reviews scientific information about the assessment of animal welfare, and the evaluation of the effects on animals of genetic selection and of different management methods and housing conditions. A...
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Chapter 10 (Page no: 116)

Locomotion and space occupied.

The essence of behaviour is bodily movement. Descriptions of bodily motility refer to the bases of physiological activities such as breathing, anatomically localized actions such as blinking, specific goal-related acts such as drinking and gross activity of the whole animal such as locomotion, positional alteration or stretching. This chapter discusses the postures and movements at rest, gaits during locomotion, distances travelled and the need for exercise in domestic land animals.

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Chapter: 1 (Page no: 3) Introduction and concepts. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 2 (Page no: 20) Describing, recording and measuring behaviour. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 3 (Page no: 31) Learning, cognition and behaviour development. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 4 (Page no: 46) Motivation. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 5 (Page no: 61) Evolution and optimality. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 6 (Page no: 68) Welfare assessment. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 7 (Page no: 85) Behaviour towards predators and social attackers; anti-predator strategies. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 8 (Page no: 90) Feeding. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 9 (Page no: 106) Body care. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 11 (Page no: 122) Exploration. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 12 (Page no: 125) Spacing behaviour. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 13 (Page no: 133) Rest and sleep. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 14 (Page no: 143) General social behaviour. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 15 (Page no: 153) Human-domestic animal interactions. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 16 (Page no: 156) Seasonal and reproductive behaviour. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 17 (Page no: 161) Sexual behaviour. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 18 (Page no: 177) Fetal and parturient behaviour. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 19 (Page no: 188) Maternal and neonatal behaviour. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 20 (Page no: 202) Juvenile and play behaviour. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 21 (Page no: 213) Handling, transport and humane control of domestic animals. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 22 (Page no: 233) Stunning and slaughter. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 23 (Page no: 237) Welfare and behaviour in relation to disease. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 24 (Page no: 246) Abnormal behaviour 1: stereotypes. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 25 (Page no: 254) Abnormal behaviour 2: self-directed and environment-directed. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 26 (Page no: 258) Abnormal behaviour 3: addressed to another individual. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 27 (Page no: 267) Abnormal behaviour 4: failure of function. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 28 (Page no: 274) Abnormal behaviour 5: anomalous reactivity. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 29 (Page no: 279) The welfare of cattle. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 30 (Page no: 293) The welfare of sheep and goats. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 31 (Page no: 297) The welfare of pigs. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 32 (Page no: 308) The welfare of poultry. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 33 (Page no: 328) The welfare of farmed and pet fish. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 34 (Page no: 335) The welfare of animals kept for fur production. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 35 (Page no: 340) The welfare of horses, other equids and other draught animals. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 36 (Page no: 344) The welfare of farmed and pet rabbits. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 37 (Page no: 347) The welfare of dogs. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 38 (Page no: 353) The welfare of cats. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.
Chapter: 39 (Page no: 358) The welfare of other pet animals. Author(s): Broom, D. M. Fraser, A. F.

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  • Year of Publication
  • 2015
  • ISBN
  • 9781780645391
  • Record Number
  • 20153135388
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