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Author Goodwin, D. url  doi
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  Title The importance of ethology in understanding the behaviour of the horse Type Journal Article
  Year (up) 1999 Publication Equine Veterinary Journal Abbreviated Journal Equine Veterinary Journal  
  Volume 31 Issue S28 Pages 15-19  
  Keywords horse; behaviour; domestication; interspecific communication  
  Abstract Summary Domestication has provided the horse with food, shelter, veterinary care and protection, allowing individuals an increased chance of survival. However, the restriction of movement, limited breeding opportunities and a requirement to expend energy, for the benefit of another species, conflict with the evolutionary processes which shaped the behaviour of its predecessors. The behaviour of the horse is defined by its niche as a social prey species but many of the traits which ensured the survival of its ancestors are difficult to accommodate in the domestic environment. There has been a long association between horses and man and many features of equine behaviour suggest a predisposition to interspecific cooperation. However, the importance of dominance in human understanding of social systems has tended to overemphasise its importance in the human-horse relationship. The evolving horse-human relationship from predation to companionship, has resulted in serial conflicts of interest for equine and human participants. Only by understanding the nature and origin of these conflicts can ethologists encourage equine management practices which minimise deleterious effects on the behaviour of the horse.  
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  ISSN 0425-1644 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 6714  
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Author Merl, S.; Scherzer, S.; Palme, R.; Möstl, E. url  doi
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  Title Pain causes increased concentrations of glucocorticoid metabolites in horse feces Type Journal Article
  Year (up) 2000 Publication Journal of Equine Veterinary Science Abbreviated Journal J Equine Vet Sci  
  Volume 20 Issue 9 Pages 586-590  
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  Abstract The concentration of 11,17-dioxoandrostanes (11,17-DOA), a group of cortisol metabolites, was measured using enzyme immunoassay in fecal samples of horses experiencing painful episodes. One group of horses consisted of 10 stallions castrated (samples were collected daily for 10 days); the other group was made up of 29 horses which were brought to an animal hospital because of signs of colic (samples were collected twice daily for six days). Before castration, median concentrations of 10.5 nmol/kg feces were measured. On days 1 and 2 after castration, median 11,17-DOA values increased up to 26.2 and 50.0 nmol/kg feces, respectively, and decreased thereafter to levels lower than at the beginning of the sampling period. High variations were measured between individual cases of colic. In animals with colic, all horses excreted more than 33 nmol 11,17-DOA/kg feces for various periods. The highest concentration measured was 885 nmol/kg feces. One animal out of the 29 colic horses did not show any clinical signs of pain upon arrival in the hospital. The 11,17-DOA values were below 17 nmol/kg feces in all those samples. From this data we conclude, that the concentration of 11,17-DOA in feces is a parameter for painful situations that have occurred one or two days earlier.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 6047  
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Author Silanikove, N. url  doi
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  Title The physiological basis of adaptation in goats to harsh environments Type Journal Article
  Year (up) 2000 Publication Small Rum Res Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 35 Issue Pages  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Silanikove2000 Serial 6255  
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Author Aldezabal, A.; Garin, I. url  doi
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  Title Browsing preference of feral goats (Capra hircus L.) in a Mediterranean mountain scrubland Type Journal Article
  Year (up) 2000 Publication J Arid Env Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 44 Issue Pages  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Aldezabal2000 Serial 6256  
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Author McComb, K.; Moss, C.; Sayialel, S.; Baker, L. url  doi
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  Title Unusually extensive networks of vocal recognition in African elephants Type Journal Article
  Year (up) 2000 Publication Anim Behav Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 59 Issue Pages  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ McComb2000 Serial 6281  
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Author Baker, P.J.; Funk, S.M.; Harris, S.; White, P.C.L. url  doi
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  Title Flexible spatial organization of urban foxes, Vulpes vulpes, before and during an outbreak of sarcoptic mange Type Journal Article
  Year (up) 2000 Publication Animal Behaviour Abbreviated Journal Anim. Behav.  
  Volume 59 Issue 1 Pages 127-146  
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  Abstract The social and spatial organization of urban fox groups prior to and during an outbreak of sarcoptic mange was compared with predictions derived from the resource dispersion hypothesis (RDH). We investigated the availability of three key resources. Neither daytime rest sites nor breeding sites appeared to be limited in availability. The availability of food deliberately supplied by local householders was examined by questionnaire surveys. The daily and weekly amount of food supplied was greatly in excess of the minimum requirements of a pair of foxes, but was consistent between territories. The availability of this food source increased markedly as a result of more people feeding the foxes. In agreement with the RDH, group size prior to the outbreak of mange increased from 2.25 animals (N=4) to 6.57 animals (N=7). Before the outbreak of mange, two territories were divided. Increased scavenge availability on smaller territories may have promoted these changes. Excluding these spatial changes, territories were very stable between years. After the outbreak of mange, group size declined as a direct result of mange-induced mortality. Surviving animals increased their ranges only after neighbouring groups had died out. Ranges did not increase in size in response to a decline in food availability. Nor were the increases in range size associated with the relinquishment of parts of the existing territory. These postmange changes are contrary to the RDH. Three factors may have promoted these changes: the elimination of interstitial space, the forced dispersal of young or future division of the territory.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 6431  
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Author Riede, T.; Herzel, H.; Mehwald, D.; Seidner, W.; Trumler, E.; Böhme, G. url  doi
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  Title Nonlinear phenomena in the natural howling of a dog-wolf mix Type Journal Article
  Year (up) 2000 Publication J Acoust Soc Am Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 108 Issue Pages  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Riede2000 Serial 6484  
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Author Houpt, K.; Marrow, M.; Seeliger, M. url  doi
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  Title A preliminary study of the effect of music on equine behavior Type Journal Article
  Year (up) 2000 Publication Journal of Equine Veterinary Science Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 20 Issue 11 Pages 691-737  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 6633  
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Author Munksgaard, L.; DePassillé, A.M.; Rushen, J.; Herskin, M.S.; Kristensen, A.M. url  doi
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  Title Dairy cows' fear of people: social learning, milk yield and behaviour at milking Type Journal Article
  Year (up) 2001 Publication Applied Animal Behaviour Science Abbreviated Journal Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci.  
  Volume 73 Issue 1 Pages 15-26  
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  Abstract We examined the effects of the presence of an unfamiliar, a gentle or an aversive handler during milking on behaviour and milk yield, and whether cows can learn to approach or avoid a handler by observing the neighbouring cow?s responses. In Experiment 1, Danish Friesian cows (n=16) were treated gently (offering hay and concentrates) by one handler and aversively (hit every 15s on the head with the hand) by another handler for six periods of 2min each. The two handlers wore different coloured overalls, and each cow received either gentle or aversive treatment in the first week and the other treatment the following week. All cows kept a longer distance to the aversive than to the gentle handler in a 1min test after treatment. Milk yield and residual milk did not differ when the aversive or the gentle handler was standing in front of the cow during milking, although the cows moved their legs and tail less when the aversive handler was present. When an unfamiliar person was standing in front of the cows during milking, behaviour and milk yield did not differ from control milkings. Cows and heifers (n=10) that had observed their neighbours receiving gentle treatment by one handler and aversive treatment from another handler did not differ in the distance they kept from these two handlers. In Experiment 2, cows (n=15) that had observed the neighbours receiving a gentle treatment (eight times for 2min) kept a shorter distance to that handler after treatment of their neighbours, and the distance they kept was correlated with the distance kept by the neighbouring cows. This suggests that responses of observer cows may be affected by the responses of the cows being treated. The cows rapidly learned to avoid an aversive handler, but although the cows showed clear avoidance response to the aversive handler there was no effect on milk yield when the aversive handler was present at milking.  
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  Notes doi: 10.1016/S0168-1591(01)00119-8 Approved no  
  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 6039  
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Author Wynne C. D. L. isbn  openurl
  Title Animal Cognition: The Mental Lives of Animals Type Book Whole
  Year (up) 2001 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
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  Abstract Covering a wide range of key topics, from reasoning and communication to sensation and complex problem-solving, this engagingly-written text presents a comprehensive survey of contemporary research on animal cognition. Written for anyone with an interest in animal cognition, but without a background in animal behaviour, it endeavours to explain what makes animals tick.

With numerous illustrations and including exciting recent studies from many little-studied species (such as the weakly electric African fish), this text is ideal for psychology students who are interested in how much of our human cognition is shared by other species, for students of biology who want to know how complex animal behaviour can get, and for all those with an interest in the animal mind.
 
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 6157  
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