| Description |
1 online resource (553 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Editors -- Contributors -- Part 1 -- 1 Introduction to the Behavioral Biology of Laboratory Animals -- References -- 2 Animal Behavior: An Introduction -- Introduction -- The Definition and Challenge of Animal Behavior -- Description Phase -- Quantification Phase -- The Explanation Phase -- Biologically Relevant Questions about Behavior -- Proximate Questions (Mechanism and Development) -- Ultimate Questions (Function and Evolutionary History) -- Bird Song as an Example of a Levels of Analysis Perspective |
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Using the Scientific Method to Study Behavior -- Concepts from Animal Behavior That Impact Laboratory Animal Care and Welfare -- Ecology -- Spatial Distributions -- Predation and the Landscape of Fear -- Social Interactions and Organization -- Social Organization -- Dominance Hierarchies -- Sexual Selection and Mating -- Foraging and Feeding Behavior -- Communication -- Learning -- Individual Variation -- Cautions: Our Limitations as Observers -- Sensory Motor Capabilities -- Anthropomorphism -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 3 Abnormal Behavior of Animals in Research Settings |
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Introduction -- What is Abnormal Behavior? -- Definition -- Types of Abnormal Behavior -- Prevalence of Abnormal Behavior -- Nonhuman Primates -- Other Species -- What Causes Abnormal Behavior: Ruling out Medical Conditions as a First Step -- Gastrointestinal Disease -- Arthritic and Other Painful Disorders -- Neurological and Retinal Disorders -- What Causes Abnormal Behavior: Retrospective and Correlational Approaches to Understand Underlying Mechanisms -- Fixed and Causal Risk Factors -- Variable Risk Factors (Stressors in Adolescents and Adults) -- Correlated Factors |
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The Persistence of Abnormal Behavior -- Introduction -- Hypotheses -- Therapeutic Interventions -- Environmental Approaches -- Pharmacotherapy -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4 Utilizing Behavior to Assess Welfare -- Introduction -- Naturalistic Approach -- Species-Typical Behaviors and Welfare -- Species-Typical Behaviors as Indicators of an Animal's Welfare State -- Species-Typical Behaviors as Welfare Enhancement -- Species-Typical Behavioral Restriction and Frustration -- Limitations of Species-Typical Behaviors as Measures of Welfare |
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Suggestions for Use of the Naturalistic Approach -- Feelings Approach -- Behavioral Indicators of Affective State -- Negative Affective State Behaviors -- Abnormal Behaviors -- Positive Affective State Behaviors -- Subjective Well-Being (Qualitative Assessments) -- Limitations of Behavioral Indicators of Affective State and Suggested Use -- Behavioral Tests of Affect and Preference -- Measuring Relative Preference -- Evaluating the Degree of Preference -- The Cognitive Bias Paradigm -- Preference Test Confounds -- Biological Functioning -- Behavioral Correlates of Biological Functioning |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schapiro, Steven J
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| ISBN |
9780429672781 |
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0429672780 |
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