Stereotypic Animal Behaviour: Fundamentals and Applications to Welfare / Edition 2

by Georgia Mason, Jeffrey Rushen

Overview

Abnormal behavior patterns, from the jumping and somersaulting of caged laboratory mice to the pacing of enclosed 'big cats', are displayed by many millions of farm, zoo, research and companion animals. Including new chapters and over 30 contributors, this book focuses on the causation and treatment of these environment-induced stereotypic behaviors, and their implications for animal welfare and normalcy of brain functioning.

The book begins by taking an ethological perspective, focusing on the constraints captivity places on animals' normal behavioral repertoires, and the effects these have on specific motivational systems. It then addresses the role of dysfunction, particularly the impact of chronic stress and impoverished environments on brain functioning. The book then moves on to explore how stereotypic behaviors can be tackled, once they have emerged, using diverse techniques from environmental enrichment to pharmaceutical intervention. It concludes by giving a new definition for 'stereotypic behavior', and a discussion of future research directions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780851990040
Publisher:	CABI
Publication date:	12/11/2006
Series:	CABI Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.75(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: A decade-or-more’s more progress in understanding stereotypies
Part 1: Normal Animal, Abnormal Environment?, Stereotypic oral behaviour in captive unguates: Foraging, diet and gastro-intestinal function, Locomotory stereotypies in carnivores: does pacing stem from hunting,ranging or frustrated escape? The motivational basis of caged rodents’ stereotypies

Part 2: Stereotypies as Pathologies, Perseveration and Stereotypy Systems-Level Insights from Clinical Psychology, Social deprivation and social separation: Developmental insights from primatology, The Neurobiology of Stereotypy I: Environmental Complexity, The Neurophysiology of Stereotypy II - The Role of Stress

Part 3: Treating Stereotypies, Environmental enrichment as a strategy for mitigating stereotypies in zoo animals: a literature review and meta-analysis, Veterinary and pharmacological approaches to abnormal repetitive behaviour

Part 4: In Conclusion Stereotypies in captive animals: Fundamentals and implications for animal welfare

Editorial Reviews

"Illustrated with numerous examples, this book questions certain preconceptions and looks at how we can build a future in which mankind has a full role to play within nature."—OIE Bulletin

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