Description
Book SynopsisStress 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 academics and practitioners alike.
Table of ContentsPreface vii
Part I Principles and Concepts Underpinning the Management of Stress-related Behaviour Problems 1
1 How Animals Respond to Change 3
2 Affective Processes and the Organisation of Behaviour 37
3 Communication and Information Transfer 69
4 Assessment of the Problem-behaviour Patient 92
5 An Approach to the Management of Problem Behaviour 111
6 Principles of Pheromonatherapy 127
Part II Clinical Scenarios Involving the Management of Stress-related Behaviour Problems 147
7 Feline House-soiling Problems 149
8 Separation-related Behaviour Problems in Dogs 170
9 Sound Sensitivity 191
10 Travel-related Problems in Pets 215
11 Introducing the New Dog or Cat into the Home 225
12 Stress and Pheromonatherapy in the Veterinary Clinic 242
Appendix A 257
Appendix B 259
Glossary 264
Index 271
