Learning objectives
Knowledge of the physiological bases of animal behavior
The student will be able to:
perform a correct morpho-functional evaluation of a horse, in accordance with the type and employment
compile correctly a horse passport or identification document
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
Horse behaviour
Regulation of emotional and behavioral patterns by the hypothalamus and the lymbic system. Biological rhythms. Motivation and learning. Classic conditioning. Trial and error learning: reward and punishment. Social behavior and hierarchy. Territorial behavior and marking. Pheromones. Stress and distress in domestic animals. Fight or flight reaction. Welfare in farm animals.
Horse morpho-functional evaluation
Horse identification
Coat characteristics - pigment formation and colour definition
Coat colour classification
Full programme
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Bibliography
Etologia degli animali domestici, Per Jensen, McGraw-Hill, Milano.
Catalano Antonio Lucio: Valutazione morfo-funzionale del cavallo. Igiene ed etnologia. Edizioni SBM 1993
Appunti dalle lezioni
Teaching methods
classroom lectures
Assessment methods and criteria
oral examination
Other information
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