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Animal Behavior

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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intro to ethology

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the study of animal behavior helps w/: safe handling facility design indicating stress/ disease collection of products temperament assessment

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livestock behavior

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helps w/ health reproduction digestion product quality

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comparative psychology

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the study of basic mechanism controlling behavior learning sensation and perception

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sociobiology

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the study of the biological basis for social behavior evolutionary advantages male lion cub killing

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ethology

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stud of behavior in natural environment instinctive or innate behavior

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behavioral ecology

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relationships btwn behavior and environment

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fundamental premises of animal behavior evolution

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certain behavioral traits inherited inherited behavioral traits have been maintained and sharpened by natural selection

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applied ethology

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study of domestic animal behavior *temple grandin

#9
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physical welfare freedoms

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• freedom from thirst hunger malnutrition • freedom from discomfort • freedom from pain injury and disease

#10
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mental welfare freedoms

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• freedom from fear and distress 5. freedom to express normal behavior

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physiological welfare measurements

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serum cortisol levels produced by adrenal gland in stress response

#12
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behavioral welfare observations

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excessive tail switching or mooing in cattle dogs growling or shivering in fear ear position

#13
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stereotypes

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abnormal, repetitive, seemingly pointless behaviors

#14
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modes of animal perception

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auditory olfactory tactile taste visual

#15
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communication auditory

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sheep and cattle hear higher frequencies so can dogs/ cats - ultrasonic pitches some species have independent ear movement

#16
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olfactory communication

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especially important to domesticate animals allow message transmission in absence of sender individual oder recognition pheromone release dogs 100x more sensitive to smell

#17
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pheromone

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secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species

#18
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flehman response

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allows animals to detect scents or pheromones in fluids for example from urine seen in ungulates and felids due to vomeronasal organ

#19
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vomeronasal organ

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detects water soluble pheromones located in the ventral nasal septum often detects estrus

#20
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tactile

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touch studies in licking

#21
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taste

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sweet, sour, salt, bitter, umami bitter: avoid toxins/contaminated feed sweet: glucose = energy salt: only mineral an animal will seek when deficient

#22
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vision

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different animals have different visual fields humans see color well dogs have weaker vision that is better @ night and at motion detection postural signals -lordosis - visual posture of heat -play bow -agression -innate species behavior in dogs

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lordosis

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visual posture of heat

#24
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factors of flight zone size

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age breed health previous experience presence of herd members - safety in #s