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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:
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.
The EditorElizabeth Stelow, DVM, DACVB, is Chief of the Behavior Service at the University of California at Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in Davis, California, USA.
Contributors ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xii
About the Companion Website xiii
1 Introduction to Feline Veterinary Behavior 1 Elizabeth Stelow
2 Normal Feline Social Behavior 10 Kristyn Vitale
3 Preventing Behavior Problems in Domestic Cats 22 Emma K. Grigg
4 Play Behavior in Cats 46 Mikel Delgado
5 Feeding Behavior of Cats 64 Katherine Albro Houpt
6 Eliminative Behaviors 79 Jeannine Berger and Wailani Sung
7 Pain and Sickness Behaviors 103 J. L. Stella and C. A. Tony Buffington Copyrighted Material
8 Fear, Anxiety, Stress Behaviors in Cats 129 Amanda Rigterink
9 Compulsive and Displacement Behaviors 142 Melissa Bain
10 Aggression Toward Humans 157 Elizabeth Stelow
11 Aggression Toward Other Cats 174 Sharon Crowell-Davis and Elizabeth Stelow
12 Nuisance/Destructive/Unruly Behaviors 190 Rachel Malamed and Karen Lynn C. Sueda
13 The Senior Cat 212 Gina Davis and Ilana Halperin
14 Cat Relationships in the Home 232 Sun-A Kim and Elizabeth Stelow
15 Cats in the Clinic 250 Margie Scherk
Appendix 1 Feline Psychopharmacology 274 Elizabeth Stelow
Appendix 2 Medications for Pain Management in Cats 289 Elizabeth Stelow
Index 297
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