Domestic Animal Behavior, Fifth Edition is a fully updated revision of this classic text, with chapters examining key behavior issues ranging from communication to social structure. Coverage encompasses a wide variety of domestic animals including cats, dogs, horses, pigs, sheep, and cattle.   The Fifth Edition also expands its coverage on new key areas of behavior research, including cognition and the genetics of behavior, and provides valuable, current information on normal and aberrant behaviors, making it a must-have resource for veterinarians and animal scientists seeking a thorough understanding of animal behavior.

Table of Contents:
About the Author xvii Preface xix Acknowledgment xxi 1 Communication 1 Introduction 1 Perception 2 Vision 2 Audition 5 Olfaction 5 Horses 6 Vocalizations 6 Visual signals 7 Tactile sense 10 Olfactory signals 10 Dogs 11 Vocalizations 11 Visual signals 12 Olfactory signals 14 Cats 17 Vocalizations and audition 17 Visual signals 18 Olfactory signals 20 Behavior Problems 21 Clawing and scratching 21 Pigs 21 Vocalizations 21 Visual signals 22 Olfactory signals 23 Cattle, Sheep, and Goats 23 Vocalizations 23 Visual signals 24 Olfactory signals 24 2 Aggression and Social Structure 27 Introduction 27 Categories of Aggression 27 Social- or dominance-related aggression 27 Territorial aggression 28 Pain-induced aggression 28 Fear-induced aggression 29 Maternal aggression 29 Predatory aggression 29 The Biological Basis of Aggression 29 Genetic factors: breed differences 29 Environmental control of aggression 29 Hormonal control of aggression 30 Cattle 30 Free-ranging cattle 30 Confined cattle 31 Clinical cases of aggression 34 Sheep 35 Free-ranging sheep 35 Confined sheep 35 Goats 36 Free-ranging goats 36 Confined goats 36 Horses 37 Free-ranging horses 37 Domestic horses 38 Types of aggression 39 Grooming 41 Clinical problems 42 Pigs 44 Free-ranging pigs 44 Confined pigs 44 Dogs 49 Social behavior 49 Determinants of dominance 50 Clinical problems 51 Cats 53 Free-ranging cats 53 Confined cats 53 Clinical problems 57 Interspecific aggression 59 3 Biological Rhythms and Sleep 61 Introduction 61 High-Frequency Rhythms 61 Ultradian Rhythms 62 Circadian Rhythms 62 Zeitgebers 62 Examples of circadian rhythms 65 Other Rhythms 66 Annual Rhythms 66 Types of sleep 67 Patterns of Sleep and Activity in Domestic Animals 67 Dogs 68 Cats 70 Elimination 71 Pigs 71 Horses 72 Cattle 79 Sheep 84 Goats 85 Clinical Problems 87 Hyperactivity 87 Narcolepsy 87 Nocturnal wakefulness 88 4 Sexual Behavior 89 Introduction 89 Physiological bases of sexual behavior 89 Social and sexual experience 91 The central nervous system and the control of sexual behavior 93 Cattle 96 The cow 96 The bull 99 Sheep 104 The ewe 104 The ram 106 Goats 112 Free-ranging goats 112 The doe 112 The buck 112 Clinical problems 113 Horses 113 Free-ranging horses 113 The mare 114 The stallion 117 Pigs 122 The sow 122 The boar 123 Dogs 125 The bitch 125 The dog 126 Cats 130 Free-ranging cats 130 The queen 130 The tom 132 5 Maternal Behavior 135 Introduction: General Principles of Maternal Behavior 135 Internal factors that elicit maternal behavior 135 Learning 136 Recognition of the young (individual signature vs. maternal labeling) 137 External factors that elicit maternal behavior 137 Summary 137 Pigs 137 The free-ranging sow 137 The group-housed sow 138 The confined sow 138 Nest building 139 Parturition 140 Nursing 141 Mutual recognition 142 Defensive reaction 142 Weaning 143 Clinical problems 144 Sheep 144 Parturition 145 Behavior of the ewe toward the newborn lamb 145 Acceptance of the lamb 148 Weaning 150 Clinical problems 151 Goats 152 Clinical problems 153 Cattle 153 Parturition 153 Bonding 154 Suckling 156 Weaning 156 Clinical problems 156 Horses 157 Parturition 157 Postparturient behavior 158 Suckling 158 Weaning 160 Mutual recognition 160 Clinical problems 161 Cats 163 Parturition 163 Suckling 164 Teat order 164 Homing and retrieval 165 Communal nests 165 Grooming 166 Acceptance of kittens 166 Clinical problems 166 Dogs 167 Parturition 167 Suckling 168 Licking 168 Weaning 169 Clinical problems 170 6 Development of Behavior 171 Introduction 171 Dogs 171 Critical or sensitive periods 171 Neonatal period 172 Transitional period 172 Socialization 172 Juvenile period 177 Conclusions 177 Neurological development 177 Sleep 178 Play 178 Play fighting 179 Sexual play 179 Characteristics of play behavior 179 Cats 180 Sensitive periods 180 Neurological development 183 Sleep 184 Play 185 Play periods 185 Predatory play 186 Sexual play 186 Relationships with humans 186 Clinical problems 187 Horses 187 The foal’s first day 187 The mare–foal bond 188 Grazing 188 Sleep 190 Play 190 Flehmen and snapping 192 The juvenile period 192 Pigs 194 Sleep 194 Teat order 195 Feeding 195 Play 195 Elimination 196 Relationships with humans 196 Ruminants 197 Lambs 197 Kids 198 Calves 199 7 Learning 203 Introduction 203 Types of learning 203 Formation and strengthening of a learned task 209 Rewards 211 Comparative Intelligence 212 Methods of measurement 212 Problems of cross-species comparison 213 Episodic memory 216 Summary 216 Pigs 217 Influences on porcine learning 217 Operant conditioning 217 Visual discrimination 218 Effect of malnutrition on learning 218 Theory of mind 219 Effect of a barren environment on learning and memory 219 Dogs 219 Housebreaking 219 Inferential reasoning by exclusion 222 Geriatric cognitive dysfunction 224 Cattle 224 Operant conditioning 224 Taste aversion 225 Visual and auditory discrimination 225 Effects of age 226 Sheep and Goats 227 Horses 228 Operant conditioning 228 Visual discrimination 229 Maze learning 229 Observational learning 230 Influences on learning 231 Cats 231 Discrimination 232 Rewards 232 Conceptual learning 232 Imitation and observation 232 8 Ingestive Behavior: Food and Water Intake 235 Introduction 235 General 235 Control of Food Intake in Pigs 237 Meal patterns 237 Social facilitation 238 Environmental temperature 239 Gastrointestinal factors 239 Hormonal effect 241 Feeding at parturition 241 Imbalance of dietary amino acids 241 Glucose utilization 242 Defense of body weight 242 Integration of factors that stimulate and inhibit intake in the central nervous system 243 Clinical problems 244 Control of Food Intake in Dogs 244 Meal patterns 244 Social facilitation 245 Palatability 245 Environmental temperature 246 Gastrointestinal factors 246 Hormonal effect 247 Glucose utilization 247 Defense of body weight 247 Integration of factors that stimulate and inhibit intake in the central nervous system 248 Clinical problems 248 Control of Food Intake in Cats 251 Meal patterns 251 Social facilitation 251 Palatability 251 Environmental temperature 252 Gastrointestinal factors 252 Hormonal effects 252 Glucose utilization 252 Defense of body weight 252 Opiates 253 Clinical problems 253 Control of Food Intake in Horses 255 Meal patterns 255 Social facilitation 255 Palatability 255 Grazing 255 Gastrointestinal factors 256 Central nervous system depressants 257 Defense of body weight 257 Control of Food Intake in Cattle 258 Meal patterns 258 Social facilitation 259 Palatability 259 Grazing and selectivity 259 Environmental temperature 261 Estrogen level 261 Rumen fill and the products of rumen fermentation 261 Humoral and central neural factors 262 Defense of body weight 263 Clinical problems 263 Control of Food Intake in Sheep 264 Meal patterns 264 Social facilitation 264 Palatability 264 Defense of body weight 265 Rumen factors 265 Intestinal receptors 265 Grazing and selectivity 266 Environmental temperature 267 Hormonal factors 267 Glucose utilization 267 Central neural mechanisms 267 Control of Food Intake in Goats 268 Meal patterns and grazing 268 Water Intake 268 Increase in osmotic pressure 268 Angiotensin 269 Dry mouth 269 Multiple causes of thirst 269 Specific Hungers and Salt Appetite 270 9 Miscellaneous Behavioral Disorders 273 Dogs 273 Separation anxiety 273 Cats 273 Destructiveness 273 Self-mutilation 273 Withdrawal 274 Horses 274 Behavior problems in the stable 274 Trailering problems 279 Behavior problems under saddle 282 Phobias 283 Behavior-related problems 284 Physiologically based problems 284 Cattle and Other Farm Animals 284 Cattle 284 Problems related to changes in management 284 Feed throwing 285 Kicking 285 Problems related to environment 285 Pigs 285 Sheep and Goats 285 10 Behavioral Genetics 287 Dogs 287 Sex differences 287 Breed differences 287 Behavior problems 290 Horses 291 Cattle 292 Breed differences 292 Sheep 293 Social behavior 293 Maternal behavior 293 Pigs 293 Breed differences 293 Temperament Tests 294 Canine temperament 294 Porcine temperament test 296 Bovine temperament tests 297 Ovine temperament tests 297 Caprine temperament 298 Feline temperament test 298 Equine temperament tests 298 Laterality or Handedness in Animals 300 Horse 300 Cattle 300 Dog 300 Hair whorls 301 References 303 Index 379