To Ingvar Ekesbo -- The Ethology of Domestic Animals An Introductory Text -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Part A Basic elements of animal behaviour -- 1 The Study of Animal Behaviour and its Applications -- 2 Behavioural Genetics, Evolution and Domestication -- 3 Physiology, Motivation and the Organization of Behaviour -- 4 Learning and Cognition -- 5 Social and Reproductive Behaviour -- 6 Behavioural Disturbances, Stress and Welfare -- Part B Species-specific behaviour of some important domestic animals -- 7 Behaviour of Fowl and Other Domesticated Birds -- 8 Behaviour of Horses -- 9 Behaviour of Cattle -- 10 Behaviour of Sheep and oats -- 11 Behaviour of Pigs -- 12 Behaviour of Dogs and Cats -- 13 Behaviour of Rabbits and Rodents -- Untitled.