Clinical Handbook of Feline Behavior Medicine
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Clinical Handbook of Feline Behavior Medicine

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Clinical Handbook of Feline Behavior Medicine

About this book

Clinical Handbook of Feline Behavior Medicine

Comprehensive resource offering practical and accessible guidance on managing behavior problems in cats

Clinical Handbook of Feline Behavior Medicine provides a complete, easy-to-use reference to practical information on identifying, diagnosing, and treating behavior problems in cats. Designed to offer streamlined access to concrete guidance for managing feline behavior, the book offers diagnostic plans organized by clinical sign. Normal behavior is thoroughly described, to provide a better understanding of the abnormal, with the heart of the book devoted to advice for identifying, diagnosing, and treating specific behavior problems.

The book describes the diagnostic process and covers treatment options for each problem. A companion website offers client education handouts to enhance compliance and video clips depicting presenting complaints.

Sample topics covered in Clinical Handbook of Feline Behavior Medicine include:

  • Normal feline social behavior, covering body language and other social communication, feline social structure, interactions with humans and other species, and social/behavioral development in the kitten
  • Preventing behavior problems, covering feeding, litter box availability and care, scratching options, toys, and grooming
  • Elimination problems, including the differentiation between urine marking and toileting, deducing the underlying causes, and elements of effects treatment plans
  • Senior cats, covering feline cognitive decline, increased vocalization, sleep-wake cycle disturbances, disorientation, litterbox problems, and repetitive behaviors

With its specific topical focus of behavior in felines, Clinical Handbook of Feline Behavior Medicine is a targeted and highly useful resource for any veterinarian seeing feline patients, assisting through all stages of treatment with easily accessible and understandable information.

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Yes, you can access Clinical Handbook of Feline Behavior Medicine by Elizabeth Stelow in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Veterinary Medicine. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781119653219
eBook ISBN
9781119652816
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Clinical Handbook of Feline Behavior Medicine
  2. Contents
  3. Contributors
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. About the Companion Website
  7. 1 Introduction to Feline Veterinary Behavior
  8. 2 Normal Feline Social Behavior
  9. 3 Preventing Behavior Problems in Domestic Cats
  10. 4 Play Behavior in Cats
  11. 5 Feeding Behavior of Cats
  12. 6 Eliminative Behaviors
  13. 7 Pain and Sickness Behaviors
  14. 8 Fear, Anxiety, Stress Behaviors in Cats
  15. 9 Compulsive and Displacement Behaviors
  16. 10 Aggression Toward Humans
  17. 11 Aggression Toward Other Cats
  18. 12 Nuisance/Destructive/Unruly Behaviors
  19. 13 The Senior Cat
  20. 14 Cat Relationships in the Home
  21. 15 Cats in the Clinic
  22. Appendix 1 Feline Psychopharmacology
  23. Appendix 2 Medications for Pain Management in Cats
  24. Index
  25. EULA