Equine Behavioral Medicine. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bonnie V. Beaver.
• Authors: Beaver, Bonnie V. G, 1944-
• Contents: Front Cover; Equine Behavioral Medicine; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; About the Author; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: The History of Horses and Their Relationship to Humans; Horses Throughout History; Evolution; Eocene (56-33.9mya); Oligocene (33.9-23mya); Miocene (23-5.3mya); Pliocene (5.3-2.6mya); Pleistocene (2.6-11, 700ya); Holocene (11, 700ya to present); Genetics; Epigenetics; Variety of Equids; Horses Around the World; Population Statistics; Free-Ranging Horses; The Horse and the Human; Human-Horse Bond; Domestication; Uses Throughout History; Uses of Modern Horses Horse ``Whisperers ́́and ``NaturalistsŔ́eferences; Chapter 2: Equine Behavior of Sensory and Neural Origin; Senses; Vision; Hearing; Smell; Taste; Touch; Pheromones; Neurological Development of Foals; Temperament; Neurologic Origins of Behavior; Stress and Distress; Anxiety and Fear; Anxiety; Fear; Phobia; Neurotransmitters; Other Influences; Displacement Behavior; Vacuum Activity; References; Chapter 3: Learning; Types of Learning; Associative Learning; Classical Conditioning; Operant Conditioning; Reinforcement and Punishment; Types of Operant Conditioning; Trial and Error Learning Imprint LearningLatent Learning; Observational Learning; Chaining (Shaping); Generalization; Nonassociative Learning; Habituation; Extinction; Sensitization; Desensitization; Counterconditioning; Complex Learning; Social Learning; Concept Learning; Bridging; Memory; Motivation; Learned Helplessness; Special Techniques Using Learning; Taste Aversion; Smell Aversion; Negative Impacts on Learning; Fear, Stress, and Anxiety; Temperament; Relationship Between Training and Learning; References; Chapter 4: Equine Communicative Behavior; Vocal; Voiced Emissions; Whinny; Squeal; Nicker Groan/Grunt/SighNonvoiced Sounds; Snort; Blow; Snore; Mouth Smacking; Hoof-Substrate Sounds; Incidental Sounds; Postural; Distance-Reducing Body Language; Distance-Increasing Body Language; Ambivalent Body Language; Scents and Pheromones; Pain Associated Body Language; Human-Horse Communication; References; Chapter 5: Equine Social Behavior; Critical Periods; Introduction to Humans; Social (Reactive) Distances; Home Range; Territory; Reactive Distances; Social Organization of Free-Ranging and Wild Horses; Social Orders; Aggression; Movement as a Herd; Dispersal of Herd Members Presence of Geldings Instead of StallionsSocial Organization of Tamed Horses; Social Orders; Aggression; Relations With Other Equids; Play; Problems Related to Social Behavior; Aggression; Dominance Aggression; Fear-Induced Aggression; Idiopathic Aggression; Intrasexual Aggression; Intermale Aggression; Interfemale Aggression; Irritable Aggression; Learned Aggression; Medically Related Aggression; Pain-Induced Aggression; Play Aggression; Human Directed Aggressive Play; Protective Aggression; Material (Food) Protective Aggression (Resource Guarding); Maternal Aggression; Self-protection
• Publisher Details: London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 636.1089; Horses -- Diseases -- Psychological aspects; Horses -- Behavior; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Animal Husbandry; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128122457; 0128122455
• Related ISBNs: 9780128121061; 0128121068
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 10, 2019).
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