Module 6 Flashcards
Observation of living organism
Animal behavior
Examples of internal stimuli
Experience
psychological status
innate response due to species and breed
Examples of external stimuli
Presence of other animals
Availability of food
Season
The urge need to perform a specific behavior
Motivation
List in the description of patterns of behaviors
Ethogram
How animals allocate their time to different behaviors
Time budget
Steriotypies
Repetitive behavior
Constant in form
No obvious purpose in the context
Adaptive
Comparison with psychological measures
Advantage?
Easier or less invasive
Requires less equipment
Can be done away from the lab
Comparison with psychological measures
Disdvantage?
Interpretation is difficult
Some consider less rigorous
Give some examples of limited range activity
Limited range of activity due to
Confined housing
Close tethering
Lameness
Give some cause of panting or sweating
Heat stress
Fever
Overcrowding
Fear
Give some cause of huddling or shivering
Cold and fear
Give some signs of depression
Drooping ears
Head down
Does not feed
Separate from others
Give some sign of abnormal fear
May indicate previous cruelty
What is stereotypies?
Repeated pattern or behavior that have no apparent purpose
