Animal Behavior
"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make em drink"
Introduction
Factors Determinig Behavior
Instinct- instinct behaviors are those an animal exhibits without any chance to learn them.
Habituation- is when an animal learns to respond without thinking.
Conditioning- is when an animal learns to respond particular way to a stimulus and a producer provides a reward for making the proper response.
Reasoning- is the animal's ability to respond correctly to a stimulus when presented with a new situations.
Intelligence- is the animal's ability to learn to adjust successfully to certain situations.
Imprinting- is the process where the young animal learns who its mother is, bonds to its mother or parents, and learns to what species it belongs.
Types of Behavior
Social Behavior
** Includes both aggressive and passive behavior.**Livestock exhibit these behaviors when they are in physical contact with other animals or when humans are present.
- Examples of factors determining social rank: whether or not cows have horns, differences in age, size, strength, genetic background and previous experience.
Maternal Behavior
Feeding Behavior
Other Types Of Animal Behavior
- Sexual Behavior
- Communication Behavior
- Shelter-seeking Behavior
- Investigative Behavior
- Allelomimetic Behavior
- Fear mechanisms
- Abnormal Behavior
Summary
Symptons Of Sickness
Loss of appetite
Restless and depressed
Ears droop or not in an alert position
Humped back with a lowered head
Isolation (stays away from the herd)
Coughing, wheezing, or labored breathing
Vital signs differ from the normal ranges
Vocabulary
Estrus- the period of female mating activity
Ethology- the study of animal behavior
Flight zone- an area in which the animal feels uncomfortable if another animal or human enters its; personal space of the animal
Genetic- hereditary; inherited
Olfactory- relating to the sense of smell
Photoperiod- length of daylight or artificial light provided
Preferential mating- the preference and selection of one mate.
Rumination- the regurgitation and re-chewing of undigested food.