title: Aggressive behavior.
abstract: This article considers the major fighting-related activities of the most common food animals. Instead of being seen as a largely pathologic phenomenon born solely of frustration and pain, aggressive behavior is now regarded as a natural part of an animal's behavioral equipment for survival and reproduction. There is a need, spurred by consideration for both productivity and animal well-being, to understand the fundamentals of the aggressive behavior of domestic species so that one can accommodate for this behavior in systems of livestock management.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rushen
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D001522:Behavior, Animal