Profile Introduction

Behavioral adaptations to parasites and pathogens; behavioral and physiological aspects of chemosensory communication in ungulates.

Research Interests

Behavioral adaptations to parasite and pathogens; grooming behavior and ectoparasite control; vemeronasal organ function and flehmen behavior; behavior of domestic animals.

Behavioral adaptations to parasites and pathogens; behavioral and physiological aspects of chemosensory communication in ungulates.

Grad Group Affiliations

• Animal Behavior

Specialties / Focus

• Communication
• Physiology and Behavior

Publications

Bain MJ, Hart BL, Cliff KD, and WW Ruehl. 2001. Predicting behavioral changes associated with age-related cognitive impairment in dogs. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 218:1792-1795

Neilson JC, Hart BL, Cliff KD, and WW Ruehl. 2001. Prevalence of behavioral changes associated with age-related cognitive impairment in dogs Prevalence of behavioral changes associated with age-related cognitive impairment in do

Hart BL. 2001. Effect of gonadectomy on subsequent development of age-related cognitive impairment in dogs. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 219:51-56