This chapter describes the normal social, territorial and predatory behaviours; physical activities; physiology; communication; senses and reproduction of cats.

This chapter describes the social behaviour of dogs, human-dog interactions, physical activity, movement, communication and sensory abilities, sexual and maternal behaviours, feeding behaviour and temperament.

This chapter explains the role of medical history, signalment, complaint, season, diet, concurrent disease and treatment, physical examination, urine analysis, and hormone analysis in the correct assessment and diagnosis involving equine endocrinopathies.

This chapter presents different examples of animal behavioural studies done in a housed setting, emphasizing the non-test situation and what we can learn from this for use in behavioural tests. Some of the behaviour which were highlighted are locomotion activity (chicks) and feeding behaviour...

In this chapter the author discussed pointers to consider in selecting the most appropriate behavioural test in animal, among these tips is to answer the question why do we have to use behavioural tests at all? and what is the purpose of putting an animal in a situation that will always be somewhat ...

This chapter covers concepts important for assessing the value of existing or planned gardens, and for increasing their benefits. Topics discussed include diet and nutrition, physical activity, psychological and social benefits, environmental benefits and economic benefits.

Trees have a positive impact on human health and well-being through multiple services including carbon sequestration, timber production, places for recreation, shade to protect from heat and air purification. However, an estimated 15 billion trees are cut down each year (based on 2000-2015 trends), ...

A major approach in animal welfare science involves research on animals' preferences for options such as ambient temperature, illumination, and types of flooring, and on the strength of animals' motivation to perform certain types of behaviour, obtain certain resources and avoid unpleasant features ...

This chapter describes the history of horse domestication, the physiological aspects of normal and abnormal behaviour and their health and welfare implications.

This chapter describes the history of pig domestication, the physiological aspects of normal and abnormal behaviour and their health and welfare implications. The differences in different behaviours between wild and domestic pigs are also described.