Canine and Feline Behavior, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice 1st Edition

• Cover image

• Title page

• Table of Contents

• Copyright

• Contributors

• Forthcoming Issues

• Preface

• Inflammation and Behavior Changes in Dogs and Cats

• Key points

• Introduction

• Inflammation and the brain

• Inflammation and age (inflammaging)

• Pathophysiology of inflammaging

• The concept of antinflammaging

• Inflammation and behavior from the veterinary clinician’s perspective

• Summary

• Clinics care points

• Supplementary data

• Behavior Changes Associated with Metabolic Disease of Dogs and Cats

• Key points

• Introduction

• Summary

• Clinics care points

• Separation-related Problems and Their Interaction with Physical Disease

• Key points

• Introduction

• Physical disease and separation-related problem

• Age of presentation and differential diagnoses

• Differential diagnoses: physical disease

• Brief overview of feline separation-related problem

• Case studies

• Summary

• Clinics care points

• Supplementary data

• The Relationship Between Aggression and Physical Disease in Dogs

• Key points

• Introduction

• Pain and aggression

• Endocrine diseases and aggression

• Neurologic problems and aggression

• Dermatologic diseases and aggression

• Microbiome and aggression

• Diagnostic protocol: practical approach

• Clinics care points

• Behavior Problems Associated with Pain and Paresthesia

• Key points

• Introduction: pain, paresthesia, and dysesthesia in veterinary practice

• Case vignette: change in cutaneous sensation and self-mutilation in a dog

• Classification of discomfort and its implications

• Pain and discomfort: a biobehavioral perspective

• Relationship between discomfort and problem behavior

• Case vignette: Sleep disturbance and attention-seeking associated with hip dysplasia

• Persistent myths about pain

• Case vignette: Luxating patella and aggression in a dog

• Reflections from specialist clinical practice

• Concluding comments

• Clinics care points

• Dog pain screen (Mills reproduced with permission)

• Repetitive Behaviors in Dogs

• Key points

• Introduction

• Prevalence

• Clinical assessment

• Treatments and prevention

• Clinics care points

• The Effects of Fitness Training on Working Dog Behavior: Two Case Studies

• Key points

• Introduction

• Discussion

• Summary

• Clinics care points

• Disclosure

• Cognitive Changes Associated with Aging and Physical Disease in Dogs and Cats

• Key points

• Introduction

• The brain and cognitive processes

• Cognitive development

• Aging

• Primary physical disease associated with cognitive dysfunction

• Behavioral changes associated with medical systemic disease

• A brief overview of cognitive dysfunction syndrome

• Treatment of cognitive and behavior changes

• Summary

• Clinics care points

• Cat Inappropriate Elimination and its Interaction with Physical Disease

• Key points

• Introduction

• Discussion

• Systemic effect of stress

• Natural feline behaviors and their relationship to stress

• Diagnostic categories

• Contribution of physical disease

• Pain

• Feline lower urinary tract disease

• Clinical relevance

• Therapeutic options

• Summary

• Clinics care points (bulleted pearls and pitfalls)

• Conflict of interest

• Skin Disease and Behavior Changes in the Cat

• Key points

• Introduction

• Skin physiology and behavior

• Taking a history

• Differential diagnoses

• Self-licking/grooming

• Scratching self-trauma

• Biting Self-trauma

• Treatment

• Prognosis

• Clinics care points

• Behavior and Cognition of the Senior Cat and Its Interaction with Physical Disease

• Key points

• Aging in cats

• Deteriorated health leading to behavioral concerns

• Health and welfare screening

• Behavior problems in elderly cats

• Cognitive decline and dysfunction

• Clinics care points

• The Interaction Between Behavioral and Physical Health in Rabbits

• Key points

• Introduction

• Discussion

• Behavior problems

• Summary

• Clinics care points

• Sensory Processing Sensitivity and the Importance of Individuality and Personality in Veterinary Medicine

• Key points

• Introduction: Individuality and personality

• What do we know about sensory processing sensitivity?

• Measuring high sensitivity

• Relation of high sensitivity with other personality traits

• Differential susceptibility

• Genetic correlates

• What does this mean in everyday life and clinical practice?

• Approaching and treating the highly sensitive veterinary patient

• Clinics care points

• Veterinary Psychopharmacology

• Key points

• Introduction

• Most commonly used medication classes in veterinary psychiatry and behavioral medicine

• Summary

Carlo Siracusa

Affiliations and expertise

Associate Professor of Clinical Animal Behavior and Welfare, Director, Small Animal Behavior Service, Department of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine