Benjamin Hart
Professor of Veterinary Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology
Director of the Center for Animal Behavior
blhart@ucdavis.edu


Office
1321 Haring Hall
752-4863

Lab




 
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.
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Animal 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