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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Ancestry of the Horse | |
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| Perception and Orientation | |
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| Vision | |
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| Hearing | |
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| Touch, Pressure, and Thermoreception | |
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| Smell and Taste | |
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| Proprioception and Equilibrium | |
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| Pain | |
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| Orientation and Homing | |
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| Motor Patterns | |
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| Reflexes | |
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| Locomotor Activity | |
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| Gaits | |
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| Other Motor Patterns | |
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| Reactive Distances | |
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| Behavioral Development | |
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| Ontogeny of Behavior Patterns | |
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| Perinatal Development | |
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| Post-Natal Development | |
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| Play | |
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| Solitary Play | |
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| Play Between Foals and Their Mothers | |
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| Play Between Foals and Other Young | |
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| Play Between Young and Adult Horses | |
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| Investigative Behavior | |
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| Learning and Memory | |
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| Habituation | |
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| Classical Conditioning | |
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| Instrumental Conditioning | |
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| Latent Learning, Insight, and Social Learning | |
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| Imprinting | |
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| Memory | |
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| Maintenance Activities | |
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| Resting and Sleep | |
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| Ingestive Behavior | |
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| Feeding | |
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| Food Selection and Preferences | |
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| Drinking | |
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| Nursing | |
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| Eliminative Behavior | |
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| Urination | |
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| Defecation | |
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| Comfort Behavior | |
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| Self-Indulgent Behaviors | |
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| Sunning | |
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| Shelter-Seeking | |
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| Licking | |
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| Nibbling | |
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| Scratching | |
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| Rubbing | |
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| Rolling | |
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| Shaking and Skin Twitching | |
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| Tail Switching | |
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| Mutual Interactions | |
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| Mutual Grooming | |
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| Symbiotic Relationships with Birds and Humans | |
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| Reproductive Behavior | |
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| Sexual Behavior of Stallions | |
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| Patterns of Stallion Behavior | |
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| Intensity of Sexual Behavior | |
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| Stimuli Affecting Stallion Sexual Behavior | |
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| Abnormal Sexual Behavior of Stallions | |
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| Sexual Behavior of Mares | |
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| Patterns of Mare Behavior | |
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| Intensity and Duration of Estrus | |
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| Control of the Estrous Cycle | |
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| Intrauterine Saline Infusion | |
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| Photoperiod Manipulation | |
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| Hormone Injection | |
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| Other Manipulations | |
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| Abnormal Sexual Behavior of Mares | |
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| Maternal Behavior | |
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| Pre-Parturient Behavior | |
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| Parturient Behavior | |
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| Post-Parturient Behavior | |
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| Abnormal Maternal Behavior | |
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| Social Behavior | |
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| Social Organization | |
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| Herd Structure | |
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| Emigration and Immigration | |
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| Social Roles | |
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| Social Attachment | |
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| Mare-Foal Attachment | |
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| Foal-Mare Attachment | |
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| Peer Attachment | |
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| Heterosexual Attachment | |
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| Paternal Attachment | |
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| Interspecies Attachment | |
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| Home Range and Territoriality | |
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| Home Range | |
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| Territoriality | |
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| Social Dominance | |
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| Establishing and Maintaining Rank | |
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| Factors Influencing Rank | |
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| Influence of Rank Order on Daily Activity | |
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| Agonistic Behavior | |
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| Alert, Alarm, and Flight | |
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| Aggression | |
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| Interactions Between Stallions | |
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| Submission | |
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| Abnormal Agonistic Behaviors | |
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| Communicative Behavior | |
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| Visual Expressions | |
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| Leg and Body Gestures | |
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| Facial Expressions | |
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| Tail and Other Gestures | |
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| Acoustical Expressions | |
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| Squeal | |
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| Nicker | |
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| Whinny (Neigh) | |
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| Groan | |
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| Blow | |
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| Snort | |
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| Snore | |
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| Other Sounds | |
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| Tactile Interactions | |
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| Chemical Exchanges | |
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| Ecological Influences | |
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| Interaction of Horses and Their Environment | |
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| Home Range Preferences and Habitat Utilization | |
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| Bioenergetic Considerations | |
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| Influence of Resource Distribution on Territoriality | |
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| Activity Patterns and Movements | |
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| Environmental Influences on Time-Budgets | |
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| Diurnal and Nocturnal Movements | |
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| Seasonal Movement Patterns | |
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| Antipredator Strategies and the Use of Sanctuaries | |
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| Symbiotic Relationships | |
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| Influence of Horses on Their Environment | |
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| Ecological Influences on Reproduction and Social Behavior | |
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| Factors Influencing Parturition | |
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| Influences on Development, Sexual Maturity, and Dispersal | |
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| Factors Influencing Social Structure and Stability | |
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| Influences on Reproductive Success | |
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| Behavioral and Ecological Factors in Population Dynamics | |
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| Applied Ethology in Horse Care and Management | |
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| Behavioral Considerations in Horse Management | |
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| Enclosures and Housing | |
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| Social Needs and Human Interaction | |
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| Exercise and Feeding | |
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| Grooming and Hoof Care | |
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| Horse Handling Equipment | |
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| Transport | |
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| Behavioral Manipulation | |
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| Early Experience and Human Socialization | |
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| Training | |
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| Training Environment | |
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| Fundamentals of Training | |
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| Restraint | |
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| Behavioral Indicators Relevant to Health and Well-Being | |
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| Changes in Expression and Posture | |
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| Changes in Perception and Orientation | |
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| Changes in Motor Coordination | |
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| Changes in Maintenance Behavior | |
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| Changes in Social Behavior | |
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| Appearance of Problem Behaviors | |
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| Variety of Equine Behavioral Symptoms and Possible Problems Indicated | |
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| Expressions and Postures | |
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| Perception Changes | |
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| Orientation Changes | |
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| Coordination Changes | |
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| Maintenance Behavior Changes | |
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| Social Abnormalities | |
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| Problem Behaviors (Vices) | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |