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The Domestic Horse: The Origins, Development and Management of Its Behaviour » (New Edition)

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Authors: D. S. Mills (Editor), Sue M. McDonnell
ISBN-13: 9780521891134, ISBN-10: 0521891132
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: November 2004
Edition: New Edition

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Author Biography: D. S. Mills

Daniel S. Mills is principal lecturer in behavioural studies and animal welfare and director of the animal behaviour referral clinic at the University of Lincoln. He is the first specialist in veterinary behavioural medicine to be formally recognised by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and has published widely on behaviour problems in the domestic horse and is co-author of Equine Behaviour, Principles and Practice.

Sue M. McDonnell is an associate professor and founding head of the Havemeyer Equine Behavior Programme at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, New Bolton Center. She has published widely on stallion sexual behaviour and dysfunction and is author of The Equid Ethogram, A Practical Field Guide to Horse Behavior.

Book Synopsis

This fascinating book gives an insight into the behaviour of the domestic horse. Suitable for scientists, professionals and enthusiastic owners.

Table of Contents

1Domestication and early history of the horse5
2The horse in human society23
3Individual differences in the domestic horse, origins, development and stability33
4Behavioural ecology of feral horses55
5Relationships and communication in socially natural horse herds83
6Maintenance behaviours94
7Sexual behaviour110
8Maternal behaviour and mare-foal interaction126
9Ontogeny : preparing the young horse for its adult life139
10Equine play behaviour150
11Rider-horse relationship161
12Learning abilities in the horse169
13Horse training184
14Behavioural problems with the ridden horse196
15Repetitive movement problems in the horse212
16Equine behaviour and welfare228

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