Domestic Animal Behavior for Veterinarians and Animal Scientists

In this clearly organized, illustrated textbook aimed at veterinarians and animal scientists, Houpt (animal behavior, Cornell U.) examines behavior issues in a variety of domestic animals, including cats, dogs, horses, pigs, sheep, goats, and cattle. Chapters cover communication, aggression and social structure, biological rhythms and sleep, sexual and maternal behavior, behavior development, learning, food and water intake, and miscellaneous behavioral disorders in each of these animals. This edition has been revised and expands coverage of areas of behavior research like cognition and the genetics of behavior (in a new chapter). Other new topics include episodic memory in pigs, observational learning in horses, and inferential learning by exclusion in dogs. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Katherine Albro Houpt,VMD, PhD is emeritus professor of Animal Behavior at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists, and Director of Animal Behavior Consultants of Northern Michigan.