Stereotypic Animal Behaviour: Fundamentals and Applications to Welfare - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845934652 ISBN 13 : 9781845934651

Editeur : CABI Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

Abnormal behaviour patterns, from the jumping and somersaulting of caged laboratory mice to the pacing of enclosed 'big cats', are displayed by many millions of farm, zoo, research and companion animals. Including new chapters and over 30 contributors, this book focuses on the causation and treatment of these environment-induced stereotypic behaviours, and their implications for animal welfare and normalcy of brain functioning. The book begins by taking an ethological perspective, focusing on the constraints captivity places on animals' normal behavioural repertoires, and the effects these have on specific motivational systems. It then addresses the role of dysfunction, particularly the impact of chronic stress and impoverished environments on brain functioning. The book then moves on to explore how stereotypic behaviours can be tackled, once they have emerged, using diverse techniques from environmental enrichment to pharmaceutical intervention. It concludes by giving a new definition for 'stereotypic behaviour', and a discussion of future research directions.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Georgia Mason is a behavioural biologist a the University of Guelph, Canada, who studies how animals adapt (or fail to adapt) to captive housing conditions, especially conditions that meet their physiological needs but are too small or monotonous to allow natural behaviour. She is also interested in the validation of animal welfare indicators.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CABI Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845934652
• ISBN 13: 9781845934651
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Éditeur: Mason Georgia, Rushen Jeffrey
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible