This chapter discusses the definition of enhancement; ethics of human-animal interactions; acceptability of animal enhancement; duty to the enhanced; and achievement of the duty to the enhanced domestic animals.

This chapter provides a brief overview of the historical background and of the various fields into which ethology has branched over the decades. The field that is of most interest in this book is the application of ethology in the study of animals utilized by man.

This chapter discusses the definition of animal personality; terms used to describe animal personality; assays used and methodological considerations; personality of animals; and consequences of animal personality in domestic animals.

This chapter describes the use of curvilinear regression analysis to determine the non-linear effects of an independent variable on a dependent variable.

This chapter describes the differences between fixed and random effects of one-way analysis of variance and the application of random effects analysis of variance in animal production studies.

The functions of discrete, categorical and non-normal dependent variables in linear models with both dependent and independent variables are discussed.

This chapter discusses the collection and summarization of experimental data in animal production studies prior to statistical analysis.

The concept of parameter estimation in statistical analysis and its application in animal production studies is discussed.

This chapter discusses the use of probability rules to test null and alternative hypotheses in statistical analysis.

This chapter discusses the use of linear regression analysis to determine how changes in one variable can affect another variable and its application in animal production studies.