Behavior Problems of the Dog and Cat: Behavior Problems of the Dog and Cat - E-Book

by Gary Landsberg DVM, DACVB, DECAWBM (CA) (Editor), Lisa Radosta DVM, DACVB (Editor), Lowell Ackerman DVM, DACVD, MBA, MPA, CVA, MRCVS (Editor)

Overview

Behavior Problems of the Dog&Cat, 4th Edition retains the highly practical approach that has proved so successful in previous editions, offering diagnostic guidelines, preventive advice, treatment guidelines and charts, case examples, client forms and handouts, and product and resource suggestions, along with details on the use of drugs and natural supplements to help optimize the behavior services offered in practice.

• Step-by-step guidelines describe how to collect a patient history, perform a thorough physical examination, conduct diagnostic testing, formulate differential diagnoses, select treatment, and monitor the patients’ responses.
• Background information describes how dog and cat behavior problems arise and how they can be prevented.
• Coverage of behavior modification techniques provides you with a clear understanding of suggested treatment as well as the use of drugs, products, pheromones, surgery, diet, and alternative therapies.
• Content on behavioral genetics explores this rapidly growing and advancing field and includes new therapeutic approaches for cognitive decline.
• Case studies illustrate real-life clinical situations.
• Easy-access treatment tables provide at-a-glance solutions to common behavior problems.
• Useful appendices include treatment protocols as well as the drug information and dosages that make effective prescribing easy.

• NEW! Many hot new topics are covered, including fear, anxiety, and stress and their effects on health and behavior, as well as pain and behavior, the psychobiological approach to veterinary behavior assessment, and pets and the family dynamic.
• NEW! Updated chapter content is extensively augmented or completely rewritten by new authors, making this more than just a new edition – it’s a new book!
• NEW! eBook version is included with print purchase which allows access to all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Online access also includes handouts and forms, drug dosing, and a comprehensive directory of resources.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780702082153
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	02/24/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	568
File size:	32 MB
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Table of Contents

1 Behavior Medicine and the General Practitioner Amy Learn

2 Development, social and communicative behavior Ashley Elzerman

3 Pet Selection and the genetics of behavior Lowell Ackerman

4 Pets and the Family Dynamic Emily Levine

5 Prevention: the best medicine Andrea Tu

6 All body systems affect behavior Alison Gerken

7 Physiologic Stress and its Effect on Health&Welfare Melissa Bain

8 The effects of aging on behavior in senior pets Shana Gilbert Gregory

9 Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment Lisa Radosta

10 Treatment - Behavior modification techniques Lore Haug

11 Treatment-Pharmacologic intervention Leticia Dantas

12 Treatment-Complementary and alternative therapy Megan Petroff

13 Feeding and diet-related problems Meaghan Ropski

14 Anxiety, fear and phobia Carlo Siracusa

15 Noise Aversion Kelly Ballantyne

16 Reducing Fear, Anxiety and Stress in Veterinary Visits Amy Learn

17 Separation Related Disorders Ariel Fagen

18 Sterotypic and compulsive disorders Colleen Koch

19 Unruly and destructive behaviors - Canine Wailani Sung

20 Unruly and destructive behaviors - Feline Krista Sirois

21 Housesoiling - Canine Valarie Tynes

22 Housesoiling - Feline Alison Gerken

23 Aggression - Canine Lisa Radosta

24 Aggression - Feline Krista Sirois

25 Problem behaviour an evidence based approach based on neuropsychobiology Daniel Mills

Appendix A - List of Handouts and Forms Team

Appendix B - Behavior Resources Team

Appendix C - Printed versions of Handouts and Forms Team

Appendix D - Drug Dosages Team

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Marcella D Ridgway, VMD, MS, DACVIM (University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine)
Description: This update of Handbook of Behaviour Problems of the Dog and Cat, 2nd edition (Elsevier, 2003), by the same authors, includes additional authors and expanded topic coverage, such as managing pets in the veterinary setting and creating a positive patient-friendly hospital experience.
Purpose: The intent is to provide veterinary practitioners with a resource to guide them in addressing pet behavior problems and behavior-related owner concerns.
Audience: Although designed specifically for small animal veterinarians in general practice, the book is also suitable as a foundation text for veterinarians and veterinary students who wish to pursue advanced training and practice in small animal behavior. The authors are all veterinarians with extensive practice experience in clinical animal behavior.
Features: This book outlines the "whole hospital" approach to pet behavior and details bringing in all hospital staff members in providing for the behavioral health of small animal patients. The authors include excellent summaries of basic behavior concepts and procedures as a foundation for appropriately addressing behavior problems. Preventive care techniques are also emphasized. The formatting of this book divides content into smaller sections of information, which promotes ease of access and results in a book that is extremely readable in addition to having reference value. It has been very well thought out in regard to providing support for practitioners, including such immensely helpful features as Appendix C of behavior-related hand-outs and online-accessible printable drug dosage tables. Although the book generally comprehensively covers behavior subjects, some bias is evident in the discussion of, for example, the use of electronic collars, which are portrayed as painful shock-delivering devices despite their reported successful (and more appropriate) use otherwise. Also, although it promotes the team approach to managing canine and feline behaviors, the book defines the team narrowly as veterinary hospital employees and pet owners, with apparent reluctance to address the role of trainers or other nonveterinary professionals who become involved in pet behavior issues on an individual and community basis, sustaining the unfortunate dichotomy between veterinarians and other professionals with whom meaningful partnerships would advance the interests of all those serving pets and their families.
Assessment: This highly readable and extremely practical book is a must-have addition to the small animal practice library. Thorough and well organized, the book clearly and carefully guides general practitioners through all facets of clinical small animal behavior.

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