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| An english naturalist (1809-1892). among other things, he proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection |
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| comparative method of study |
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| a systematic method of comparing the behavior of two or more species as a way of discovering the mechanism of behavior |
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| the study of the mechanisms controlling behavior, learning, sensation, perception, and behavior genetics in animals and making extrapolations to humans or other animals |
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| the study of the biological basis of social behavior. of particular interest is behavior that helps pass the gene pool on to the next generation |
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| the study of the relationships between a species' behavior and its environment |
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| the study of behavior of animals in their natural surroundings, focusing on instinctive or innate behavior. |
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| a catalog or inventory of all the behaviors an animal exhibits in its natural environment |
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| the term generally used to refer to the study of domestic animal behavior. usually directed at companion species and livestock |
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| in this context, refers to any manipulation necessary to care for animals |
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| dealing with the animal's well-being and care |
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| relating to the sense of smell |
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| threatening or harmful behavior toward others of the same or diff. species |
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| the organization of the group; the patterns of the relationships to eachother |
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| refers to an animal's place in the social ranking. the most dominant animal in the group exerts the major influence over other animals. a term often used to describe this is PECKING ORDER |
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| times in an animal's life when certain types of learning are more easily accomplished |
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| similar to sensitive periods but with a more definite beginning and end |
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| the type of conditioning the RUSSIAN PHYSIOLOGIST Ivan Pavlov demonstrated in which a reflex like response can be stimulated by a neutral stimulus |
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| a type of operant conditioning. an animals ability to come to ignore something that occurs often enough |
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| operant or instrumental conditioning |
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| learning that is primarily influenced by its effects |
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| learning that has restrictive conditions and time periods |
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| a measure of the acceptability of feedstuffs |
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| An english naturalist (1809-1892). among other things, he proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection |
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| comparative method of study |
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| a systematic method of comparing the behavior of two or more species as a way of discovering the mechanism of behavior |
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| the study of the mechanisms controlling behavior, learning, sensation, perception, and behavior genetics in animals and making extrapolations to humans or other animals |
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| the study of the biological basis of social behavior. of particular interest is behavior that helps pass the gene pool on to the next generation |
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| the study of the relationships between a species' behavior and its environment |
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| the study of behavior of animals in their natural surroundings, focusing on instinctive or innate behavior. |
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| a catalog or inventory of all the behaviors an animal exhibits in its natural environment |
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| the term generally used to refer to the study of domestic animal behavior. usually directed at companion species and livestock |
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| in this context, refers to any manipulation necessary to care for animals |
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| dealing with the animal's well-being and care |
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| relating to the sense of smell |
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| threatening or harmful behavior toward others of the same or diff. species |
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| the organization of the group; the patterns of the relationships to eachother |
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| refers to an animal's place in the social ranking. the most dominant animal in the group exerts the major influence over other animals. a term often used to describe this is PECKING ORDER |
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| times in an animal's life when certain types of learning are more easily accomplished |
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| similar to sensitive periods but with a more definite beginning and end |
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| the type of conditioning the RUSSIAN PHYSIOLOGIST Ivan Pavlov demonstrated in which a reflex like response can be stimulated by a neutral stimulus |
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| a type of operant conditioning. an animals ability to come to ignore something that occurs often enough |
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| operant or instrumental conditioning |
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| learning that is primarily influenced by its effects |
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| learning that has restrictive conditions and time periods |
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| a measure of the acceptability of feedstuffs |
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| inappetence or unwillingness to eat |
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| a craving for and willingness to eat unnatural feedstuffs |
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| a behavior in horses in which they bite or hold on to objects such as posts |
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| excessive and unwarranted fear |
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| a prolonged sucking syndrome most frequently observed in cats where they continue to suck on objects and perhaps knead with the forepaws long after weaning |
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| a nonfunctional, repetitive, intentional, and often rhythmic behavior |
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| often referred to as wool pulling. sheep nibble at their fleece and make bald spots |
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| a physical, emotional, or chemical factor causing body or mental strain or tension |
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| characteristic behavior or mode of response |
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| a restraining device used to handle livestock |
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| a negative experience that may be painful, frightening, or nauseating |
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| a hormone produced by the adrenal cortex. it is elevated during stress and has been used as a gauge for the degree of stress an animal is under |
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| anything new or sudden in an animal's environment |
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| extensive rearing systems |
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| usually associated with range conditions in which hardy animals such as beef cattle receive little individual attention. they may be handled only once or twice per year |
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| the tendency of an animal to take sudden flight when alarmed. also called mobile darm |
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| small, handled devices designed to give a small electric shock. |
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| small clamp like restraining device put in an animal's nose |
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| ability to perceive only two colors |
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| the distance which an animal is caused to flee from an intruder |
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| a cow that has been trained to accept moving, restraint, and other types of management |
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| the procedure for placing semen in the reproductive tract of a female animal through means other than the natural mating act in the hopes of causing pregnancy |
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| behaviors that an animal exhibits to escape from weather, insects, or danger |
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| a type of shelter seeking behavior that has been selected for sheep. at the least hint of danger, they move close together and move as a group |
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| behaviors a less dominant animal exhibits toward a more dominant animal to prevent being subjected to aggression |
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| What are the types of behaviors? |
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| communicative, aggressive/social, biological/sleep, sexual, maternal, development, learning, ingestive, behavioral disorders |
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| actions or rxns of an animal under given circumstances |
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| training to cause a response in a specific manner to a specific stimulus |
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| the study of animal behavior in a natural environment or habitat |
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| the careful management and care of an animal or group of animals |
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| the manner in which a particular animal behaves and reacts to various stimuli |
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| behavior set in an animal at birth; result of genetics... nursing, eating, breeding, "fight or flight" |
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| allows for selective breeding |
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| indiscriminate defacation |
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| cattle, sheep, goats, some horses |
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| anxious, deferential behavior, mimicked, super excited! |
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| behavioral problems examples |
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| barking, marking, separation anxiety |
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dog: 18-36 mos
cat: 24-36 mos |
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