Animal behavior on auto

[Auto-aggressive behavior in early defective structures].

Animal Behavior and Cognition

A special issue on the interface between cognition and care for animals in captive settings. Within the special issue are papers examining different aspects of cognitive tasks as possible outlets for different terrestrial animals often found in captive settings such as zoological facilities and laboratories.

Epigenetics and Animal Behavior

Darwin and Animal Behavior

For many thousands of years, at different times and in different parts of the world, humans have studied their fellow creatures in an attempt to obtain a better understanding of their behavior. Toward the end of the eighteenth century, an increasing amount of observational – and occasionally experimental – research on behavior took place in Western Europe. Nonetheless, the foundations of the co...

Animal Behavior & Well Being

Fourteen Boer (75%) x Spanish wether goats (51 ± 1.8 kg BW and 23 mo of age) were used to determine effects of a moderate degree of nutrient restriction on heat production (HP). The experiment consisted of a 26-d period (P1) followed by one of 46 d (P2). Wethers were fasted on the final 4 d of each period, with gas exchange measured on the last 2 d. Fasting was preceded by collection of feces a...