Contents : PART A: Basic elements of animal behaviour 1. The study of animal behaviour and its applications 2. Behavioural genetics, evolution and domestication 3. Behaviour and physiology 4. Motivation and the organisation of behaviour 5. Learning and cognition 6. Social and reproductive behaviour 7. Play behaviour 8. Introduction to animal personality 9. Abnormal behaviour, stress and welfare 10. Human-animal relations PART B: Species-specific behaviour of some important domestic animals11. Behaviour of domesticated birds : chickens, turkeys and ducks 12. Behaviour of horses 13. Behaviour of cattle 14. The behaviour of sheep and goats 15. Behaviour of pigs 16. Behaviour of dogs 17. Behaviour of cats 18. Behaviour of foxes and mink kept for fur production 19. Behaviour of laboratory mice and rats