Stress and Pheromonatherapy in Small Animal Clinical Behaviour.

• Main Authors: Dube, Maya Braem (Author), Zulch, Helen (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2012.
• Subjects: Animal behavior.; Pets > Psychology.; Pheromones > Therapeutic use.; Stress (Psychology); Medical.; PETS > Essays.; PETS > Reference.; Behavior, Animal.; Pets > psychology.; Pheromones > therapeutic use.; Stress, Psychological.; Electronic books.

"Stress and Pheromonatherapy in Small Animal Clinical Behaviour is about how stress impacts on animal behaviour and welfare and what we can do about it, especially by using chemical signals more effectively. This readily accessible text starts from first principles and is useful to both academi...

Table of Contents:

• How animals respond to change
• Affective processes and the organisation of behaviour
• Communication and information transfer
• Assessment of the problem behaviour patient
• An approach to the management of problem behaviour
• Principles of pheromonatherapy
• Feline house-soiling problems
• Separation related behaviour problems in dogs
• Sound sensitivity
• Travel related problems in pets
• Introducing the new dog or cat into the home
• Stress and pheromonatherapy in the veterinary clinic.