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Clinical Handbook of Feline Behavior Medicine

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Clinical Handbook of Feline Behavior Medicine provides a comprehensive guide to understanding and managing feline behaviour disorders. It offers practical approaches to diagnosing and treating behavioural issues in cats, ensuring both their physical well-being and mental health. The book serves as an essential resource for veterinarians and pet owners looking to deepen their knowledge of feline behavioural science.
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This book may appeal to you if you're interested in understanding the complexities of feline behaviour and improving the well-being of cats. It's an excellent resource for veterinary professionals and cat owners seeking practical insights into feline psychology, consulting and treatment strategies for common behavioural issues.

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Clinical Handbook of Feline Behavior Medicine

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

Clinical Handbook of Feline Behavior Medicine provides a complete, easy-to-use reference to practical information on identifying, diagnosing, and treating behaviour problems in cats. Designed to offer streamlined access to concrete guidance for managing feline behaviour, the book offers diagnostic plans organised by clinical sign. Normal behaviour 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 behaviour 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 behaviour, covering body language and other social communication, feline social structure, interactions with humans and other species, and social/behavioural development in the kitten
  • Preventing behaviour 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 effective treatment plans
  • Senior cats, covering feline cognitive decline, increased vocalisation, sleep-wake cycle disturbances, disorientation, litter box problems, and repetitive behaviours

With its specific topical focus on behaviour 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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119653219

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 December 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Contributors:

  • Edited by Elizabeth Stelow

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 249.0mm

Weight: 635g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

Elizabeth Stelow, DVM, DACVB, is Chief of the Behavior Service at the University of California at Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in Davis, California, USA.

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