Table of Contents

1: Development of Equine Behaviour 2: Sensory Faculties and Behavioural Roots 3: Neural Substrate 4: Behavioural Homeostasis 5: Eating, Drinking and Ingestive Welfare 6: Body Care and Evacuation 7: Kinetic Behaviour and Racing 8: Spatial Factors 9: Rest, Work and Transportation 10: Breeding Function 11: Mare/Foal Dynamics 12: Foal Function and Welfare 13: Development and Social Behaviour 14: Humane Control and Husbandry Welfare 15: Disordered Behaviour and Stress 16: Equine Culture and Protection

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Presents the latest scientific understandings on the relationship between physiology and performance, and the neuro-chemical basis of stereotypic behaviour.

About the Author

Andrew F. Fraser was formerly with Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.

Reviews

"I would recommend it to everyone with an interest in, and love of, horses" - The Veterinary Record"