Behaviour Problems in Small Animals: Practical Advice for the Veterinary Team

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Elsevier Health Sciences, 7. 9. 2005. - 296 страница
An easy-to-use, quick-reference text full of practical advice on how to handle behavioral problems in the practice situation. You'll find helpful practice tips such as tips on running puppy classes, guidelines for breeders, and guidelines for new owners. Discussions of canine behavioral problems include: aggression; fears, phobias and anxieties; elimination problems; training issues; and geriatric behavior issues. Feline behavioral problems include: aggression; fears, phobias and anxieties; elimination problems; grooming problems; bonding problems; and geriatric behavior issues. There's also a helpful appendix on drug dosages for behavior-related medications.
  • Coverage offers immediate advice to the veterinary team who are often presented with behavioral problems in their practice.
  • Easy-to-read format includes introductions, medical differentials, underlying causes, diagnosis, action boxes, and summaries.
  • Content refers the reader to other chapters throughout the book, so that information can be found quickly and easily.
  • Helpful handouts, which can be photocopied, offer yet another way to further your learning experience.
 

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Basic tools in behavioural medicine
21
An overview of feline social behaviour
29
Learning theory and behaviour modification
37
The role of pharmacology in behavioural medicine
49
Geriatric behavioural issues
59
Canine behavioural problems 71
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О аутору (2005)

Sarah Heath worked in a mixed general veterinary practice after graduating from Bristol University but gradually developed her special interest in animal behavior. She now runs her own practice and behavioral consultancy and also lectures at the Royal Veterinary College and works as a visiting behavior counsellor at Bristol University. A founder member of the veterinary-based Companion Animal Behavior Therapy Study Group, she was the first veterinary member of the Association of Pet Behavior Counselors. She contributes regularly to a number of magazines and appears on television as an animal behavior expert.

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НасловBehaviour Problems in Small Animals: Practical Advice for the Veterinary Team
АуториJon Bowen, Sarah Heath
Издањеилустровано, поново одштампано издање
ИздавачElsevier Health Sciences, 2005
ISBN0702027677, 9780702027673
Дужина296 страница
  
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