The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the processes and the major hormones involved in reproduction. Special emphasis has been placed on those aspects that are of direct concern to the rabbit producer. Readers wishing more detailed information regarding this topic are directed to ...

This chapter focuses on behaviours that maintain physiological homeostasis, including ingestion, elimination and comfort in horses. The latter includes grooming (hair and skincare) and sheltering behaviours that support thermoregulation and provide refuge from biting insects.

The horse has evolved as a cursorial herbivore. As such, much of its behaviour and physiology had adapted to be capable of large periods of low level activity such as walking and browsing interspersed with short bouts of high speed activity. These evolutionary adpatations have suited the horse...

This chapter reviews the recent advances regarding the behavioural, physical, physiological and welfare effects of transport in horses.

This chapter describes the reproductive physiology, the normal and abnormal behaviour of mares and the welfare implications to mares and foals.

This chapter contains questions about the physiological adaptations of animals and plants to their environment.

This chapter discusses how welfare indicators gathered from observing or measuring physical or behavioural features of the animal or qualities of their environment can aid in assessing the welfare of animals.

This chapter describes the physiological and behavioural characteristics of sleeping and resting in cats, dogs, cattle, horses, pigs, sheep and poultry.

This synopsis provides a brief overview of the collection of expert opinions that focus primarily on ticks and consider whether or not changes in climate affect different aspects of the tick biosphere (from physiology to ecology).

This chapter describes the normal social, territorial and predatory behaviours; physical activities; physiology; communication; senses and reproduction of cats.