Stress and Pheromonatherapy in Small Animal Clinical Behaviour

Stress and Pheromonatherapy in Small Animal Clinical Behaviour
is about how stress impacts on animal behaviour and welfare and what we
can do about it, especially by using chemical signals more effectively.
This readily accessible text starts from first principles and is useful
to both academics and practitioners alike.  It offers a framework for
understanding how pheromonatherapy can be used to encourage desirable
behaviour in dogs and cats and also a fresh approach to understanding
the nature of clinical animal behaviour problems.

The authors
have pioneered the use of pheromone therapy within the field of clinical
animal behaviour.  As the culmination of many years of research and
experience, they offer sound evidence-based advice on how and when
pheromones can be used most effectively.

The first part of the
book deals with some fundamental concepts, focusing on the key concepts
of stress, communication and perception.  It then provides a framework
for the evaluation of problem behaviour to allow consideration of the
possible role or not of pheromonatherapy.  Part 2 covers the application
of these concepts to a range of specific situations, concentrating on
conditions in which there has been most research to support the efficacy
of pheromonatherapy.

Suitable for veterinarians in small animal
practice, students of clinical animal behaviour, veterinary nurses and
technicians, as well as specialists and researchers in animal behaviour
therapy.