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Stereotypic Animal Behaviour : Fundamentals and Applications to Welfare.
Title:
Stereotypic Animal Behaviour : Fundamentals and Applications to Welfare.
Author:
Mason, G.
ISBN:
9781845930554
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (379 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Contributors -- 1 A Decade-or-More's Progress in Understanding Stereotypic Behaviour -- Box 1.1: Motivation and Motivational Explanations for Stereotypies -- Box 1.2: A Quick Systems Sketch of Brain and Behaviour, and the Key Systems Implicated in Stereotypies -- Box 1.3: The Coping Hypothesis of Stereotypic Behaviour -- Box 1.4: Behavioural Pathology - Attempt at a Biologically Meaningful Definition -- PART I: NORMAL ANIMAL, ABNORMAL ENVIRONMENT? -- 2 Stereotypic Oral Behaviour in Captive Ungulates: Foraging, Diet and Gastrointestinal Function -- Box 2.1: Ungulate Ingestion and Digestion: Anatomical and Physiological Adaptations for Herbivory and their Behavioural Implications -- Box 2.2: Do Ungulate-like Natural Foraging Styles Lead to Ungulate-like Stereotypies in Other Animals? -- Box 2.3: Is it Ethical to Physically Prevent Horses Performing Oral Stereotypies? -- 3 Locomotory Stereotypies in Carnivores: Does Pacing Stem from Hunting, Ranging or Frustrated Escape? -- Box 3.1: The Form of Carnivore Stereotypies -- Box 3.2: The Methods Used to Study Carnivore Stereotypies: Pros and Cons -- Box 3.3: Differences in the Prevalence and Form of Abnormal Behaviour Across Primates -- 4 The Motivational Basis of Caged Rodents' Stereotypies -- Box 4.1: Rodents - Their Diversity and Adaptability -- Box 4.2: Wheel-running: a Common Rodent Stereotypy? -- PART II: STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOURS AS PATHOLOGIES -- 5 Perseveration and Stereotypy - Systems-level Insights from Clinical Psychology -- Box 5.1: Abnormal Behaviour and Abnormal Repetitive Behaviour in Human Mental Disorder -- Box 5.2: Forms of Perseveration -- Box 5.3: Measuring Perseveration -- Box 5.4: Stereotypies and Abnormal Perseveration - a Unifying Theory? -- 6 Deprived Environments: Developmental Insights from Primatology.

Box 6.1: Deprivation Stereotypies in Human Children: the Case of the Romanian Orphans -- Box 6.2: Maternal Deprivation and Stereotypy in Animals other than Primates -- 7 The Neurobiology of Stereotypy I: Environmental Complexity -- Box 7.1: Are Wild-born Animals 'Protected' from Stereotypy When Placed in Captivity? -- Box 7.2: Direct-Indirect Pathway Organization, Modulation and Drug Effects -- Box 7.3: A Brief Further Note on Psychostimulant-induced Stereotypies -- 8 The Neurobiology of Stereotypy II: the Role of Stress -- Box 8.1: Stress Sensitization and Exaggerated Rewardresponses: the Role of VTA Opioids -- Box 8.2: Strain Differences in the Cage Stereotypies of Laboratory Mice -- Box 8.3: Stress and the Performance of Primate Stereotypies -- PART III: TREATING STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOURS -- 9 Environmental Enrichment as a Strategy for Mitigating Stereotypies in Zoo Animals: a Literature Review and Meta-analysis -- Box 9.1: Enrichment and Captive Breeding Programmes for Endangered Species: the Case of the Giant Panda -- Box 9.2: Enriching with SPIDER -- Box 9.3: The Effects of Enrichment in Biomedical Facilities: Some Insights into their Effects on Laboratory Primates' Stereotypies -- Box 9.4: Evaluating Stereotypy Frequency in Enrichment Studies: Different Methods Lead to Different Conclusions -- 10 Veterinary and Pharmacological Approaches to Abnormal Repetitive Behaviour -- Box 10.1: The Concept of 'Stereotypy' in Veterinary Behavioural Medicine: Terminology in Practice -- Box 10.2: Implications of Recognizing Mechanistic Differences in Abnormal Repetitive Behaviour -- Box 10.3: The Use and Testing of Pharmacological Compounds: Clinical Trials, Experimental Studies and Intervention Studies -- Box 10.4: Pacing, Prozac and a Polar Bear -- PART IV: IN CONCLUSION.

11 Stereotypic Behaviour in Captive Animals: Fundamentals and Implications for Welfare and Beyond -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Abstract:
Abnormal behaviour 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 behaviours, 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 behavioural 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 behaviours 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 behaviour', and a discussion of future research directions.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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