Horse behaviour explained : origins, treatment, and prevention of problems /: origins, treatment, and prevention of problems. ([2004])

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Handbuch Pferdeverhalten.
• Further Information: Note: Margit H. Zeitler-Feicht ; English translation by Katharina Lohmann ; consultant Katherine A Houpt.
• Other Names: Zeitler-Feicht, Margit H; Lohmann, Katharina translator.; Houpt, Katherine A consultant.
• Contents: The horse’s adaptability to the environment; Evolution; Domestication; Ontogenesis; Limitations of behavioral adaptability; ; Inborn behavioral patterns – implications for management and handling; Daily routine of free-roaming horses; Social behavior; Breeding behavior; Mare-foal behavior; Eating behavior; Drinking behavior; Resting behavior; Locomotion behavior; Excretion and marking behavior; Comfort behavior; Playing behavior; Curiosity and exploration behavior; Causes, diagnosis, therapy and prevention of problem behavior; Behavioural aberration or unwanted behavior?; Classification of behavioral abnormalities; Causes and triggers of problem behavior; Diagnosis of problem behavior; Basics of handling and learning psychology; Therapy and prevention of problem behavior; Problem behavior in the stable; Feeding behavior; Locomotion behavior; Social behavior; Comfort behavior; Resting behavior; Problem behavior during handling and use; Unwanted behavior during handling; Unwanted behavior during use
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 636.10835; Horses -- Behaviour; Horses -- Training; Chevaux -- Mœurs et comportement; Chevaux -- Dressage; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Animal Husbandry; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482221138; 1482221136
• Related ISBNs: 9781840760378; 1840760370
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.