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1. Behaviour is both what you see, and is an adaptive response. Discuss briefly these two concepts.
2. Describe crowding in behavioural terms, and show how it can be used to illustrate stress, adaptation and welfare of an animal.
3. Discuss the concepts of:
(a) Dominance hierarchy and why it is relevant to animal production
(b) Crowding in relation to the management of animals.
4. (a) Discuss the following concepts for domestic cats/domestic dogs:
? Territory
? Home range
? Personal space.
(b) Why has the domestic cat been so successful in adapting to, and surviving in, a wide range of environments?
5. Give a definition of stress and comment on how you might assess if an animal is stressed.
6. (a) Define the term ‘welfare’ and discuss how it might be measured.
(b) Discuss behaviour parameters as a measure of welfare, using examples that you might see with captive wild animals in a zoo.
