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Consummatory Behavior

Medical Definition:	An act which constitutes the termination of a given instinctive behavior pattern or sequence.
Guide Notes:	mainly animal; conclusion of a series of responses: nothing to do with "consumption" of food or other substances ( = EATING BEHAVIOR see FEEDING BEHAVIOR)
Previously Indexed:	Behavior, Animal (1966-1967)

Consummatory Behavior Categories.

	Nesting Behavior - Animal behavior associated with the nest; includes construction, effects of size and material; behavior of the adult during the nesting period and the effect of the nest on the behavior of the young.
	Sex Behavior, Animal - Sexual activities of animals.

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