Social behaviour in farm animals [

An understanding of social behaviour is increasingly necessary in farm animal husbandry as more animals are housed in groups rather than in individual stalls or pens. There may be economic or welfare reasons for such housing. This book specifically addrsses this subject.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gonyou, H. W. [ (Harold W.)] (Author), Keeling L. J. [ (Linda J.)] (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI Publishing , c2001
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Online Access:https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2001/20013051694.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Living in groups: an evolutionary perspective
  • 2. Group life
  • 3. Parental behaviour
  • 4. The evolution and domestication of social behaviour
  • 5. The social behaviour of cattle
  • 6. The social behaviour of pigs
  • 7. The social behaviour of doestic birds
  • 8. The social behaviour of sheep
  • 9. The social behaviour of horses
  • 10. The social behaviour of fish
  • 11. Breaking social bonds
  • 12. Individual differences and personality
  • 13. People as social actors in the world of farm animals
  • 14. Social cognition of farm animals