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Behavior, Animal

Medical Definition:	The observable response an animal makes to any situation.
Guide Notes:	IM

Behavior, Animal Categories.

	Animal Communication - Communication between animals involving the giving off by one individual of some chemical or physical signal, that, on being received by another, influences its behavior.
	Animal Migration - Periodic movements of animals in response to seasonal changes or reproductive instinct. Hormonal changes are the trigger in at least some animals. Most migrations are made for reasons of climatic change, feeding, or breeding.
	Appetitive Behavior - Animal searching behavior. The variable introductory phase of an instinctive behavior pattern or sequence, e.g., looking for food, or sequential courtship patterns prior to mating.
	Consummatory Behavior - An act which constitutes the termination of a given instinctive behavior pattern or sequence.
	Eliminative Behavior, Animal - Behavior associated with the elimination of feces and urine from the body.
	Escape Reaction - Innate response elicited by sensory stimuli associated with a threatening situation, or actual confrontation with an enemy.
	Feeding Behavior - Behavioral responses or sequences associated with eating including modes of feeding, rhythmic patterns of eating, and time intervals.
	Homing Behavior - Instinctual patterns of activity related to a specific area including ability of certain animals to return to a given place when displaced from it, often over great distances using navigational clues such as those used in migration (ANIMAL MIGRATION).

Behavior, Animal Medical Definitions and Terms

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