Stress and Pheromonatherapy in Small Animal Clinical Behaviour - Couverture souple

Mills, Daniel S.; Braem Dube, Maya; Zulch, Helen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0470671181 ISBN 13 : 9780470671184

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Daniel Mills is Professor of Veterinary BehaviouralMedicine at the University of Lincoln, UK and is a European andRCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Behavioural Medicine. Heoffers a referral clinic for animals with behaviour problems, aswell as providing consultancy to a range of organisations in theanimal care and science industries.  He has conductedextensive research in this field over the last 15 years andco–ordinates independent trials of potential new products inaddition to developing his own initiatives which focus on improvingbehaviour while safeguarding welfare. He lectures internationallyon companion animal behavioural medicine, as well as teaching themanagement of animal behaviour problems at both the University ofLincoln and Nottingham Vet School.

Dr. Maya Braem Dube is a veterinary behaviourist whocompleted her veterinary studies and a doctorate at the Universityof Bern, Switzerland. She did a post–doc with Professor DanielMills at the University of Lincoln where she was also a guestresearcher and worked in the behaviour clinic.   Sincemoving back to Switzerland in 2008, she has been working in herprivate practice for veterinary behaviour and herbal medicine inboth the German and French parts of Switzerland and offersbehaviour consultations at the Veterinary Hospital of theUniversity of Zürich.

Helen Zulch is a veterinarian who worked in a number ofareas of veterinary science before moving into the field ofclinical animal behaviour over 10 years ago. She lectures on bothundergraduate and postgraduate programmes at the University ofLincoln and contributes to the programme at Nottingham Vet School.In addition she consults in the Animal Behaviour Clinic at theUniversity of Lincoln and is engaged in research in a number ofareas within the discipline. Her chief interests include problemprevention, learning and training, olfaction and the integration ofbehaviour into the care of patients in general practice.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Stress and Pheromonatherapy in Small Animal ClinicalBehaviour is about how stress impacts on animal behaviour andwelfare and what we can do about it, especially by using chemicalsignals more effectively. This readily accessible text starts fromfirst principles and is useful to both academics and practitionersalike.  It offers a framework for understanding howpheromonatherapy can be used to encourage desirable behaviour indogs and cats and also a fresh approach to understanding the natureof clinical animal behaviour problems.

The authors have pioneered the use of pheromone therapy withinthe field of clinical animal behaviour.  As the culmination ofmany years of research and experience, they offer soundevidence–based advice on how and when pheromones can be used mosteffectively.

The first part of the book deals with some fundamental concepts,focusing on the key concepts of stress, communication andperception.  It then provides a framework for the evaluationof problem behaviour to allow consideration of the possible role ornot of pheromonatherapy.  Part 2 covers the application ofthese concepts to a range of specific situations, concentrating onconditions in which there has been most research to support theefficacy of pheromonatherapy.

Suitable for veterinarians in small animal practice, students ofclinical animal behaviour, veterinary nurses and technicians, aswell as specialists and researchers in animal behaviourtherapy.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0470671181
• ISBN 13: 9780470671184
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 304