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This textbook for advanced graduate and postgraduate veterinary students introduces animal behaviour, offering insights into its origins, cognitive aspects, communication, environmental influences, biological mechanisms, complex behaviours, adaptive strategies, and practical applications. The initial chapters present fundamental principles underpinning animal behavior, elucidating the roles of evolution, genetics, and ecology. Subsequent chapters introduce the role of natural selection, habitat selection, and pheromones, alongside exploring conflicts, predator-prey dynamics, and the impact of domestication on behaviour. The book further delves into topics such as habitat selection, foraging strategies, predator-prey dynamics, and the effects of domestication on behaviour. It unravels the mysteries of animal defenses, altruism, social dominance, territoriality, and the finely tuned art of food and habitat selection. Additionally, it covers the biological mechanisms governing behaviour, unearthing the roles played by neuroendocrinology, biological clocks, and genetics. Towards the end, the textbook examines the practical relevance of behavioural insights in veterinary science.
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction. Chapter 2 Evolution in Behavior. Chapter 3 Ecology and Behaviour. Chapter 4 Innate Behaviour. Chapter 5 Animal Memory. Chapter 6 Bahavioural Pattern. Chapter 7 Natural Selection and Behavior. Chapter 8 General Habitat and Food Selection. Chapter 9 Pheromons. Chapter 10 Conflict and Aggression. Chapter 11 Predator Detection, and Antipredator Defences. Chapter 12 Animal Behavior in Domestication. Chapter 13 Cooperation, and Kinship. Chapter 14 Homeostasis, and Time management. Chapter 15 Neuro-endocrinology in Animal Behavior. Chapter 16 Biological Clock. Chapter 17 Mimicry. Chapter 18 Behavioral Genetics.
