LOW-STRESS HANDLING IN THE VETERINARY CLINIC
This book is intended as a practical guide to improve various aspects of the everyday practice: how the veterinary surgeons understand and relate to patients and clients, the handling of animals during different procedures, and the implementation of programmes to deal with behavioural issues. These aspects will have a highly positive impact on the wellbeing of the patient, the client, and the staff.
Autor: Rosana Álvarez, Germán Quintana
| Nakladatel | Servet |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9788418020209 |
| Vydání | 2020 |
| Vazba | pevná |
| Počet stran | 152 |
Table of contents
1. Veterinary behavioural medicine
The advent of animal behaviour studies
Behavioural medicine
The role of the veterinary professional
How to identify a behavioural
problem
What is a behavioural problem?
2. The emotional world of cats and dogs and agonistic behaviour
Identifying emotions
Fear and anxiety
Agonistic behaviours
3. Communication
In dogs
In cats
4. Nonassociative learning
Habituation
Sensitisation
Exposure to new stimuli
5. Associative
learning
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
6. Behaviour modification techniques
Systematic desensitisation
Classical counterconditioning
Operant counterconditioning
Extinction
Flooding
7. Travelling to the clinic
Home treatment
Training to use a carrier
The car journey
Handling on the lead
Placing a muzzle
8. The reception and waiting room
Entrance
Reception
Waiting room
9. Consultations
Consultation room
Equipment
Protocols
10. Hospitalisation
The hospitalisation area
Intensive care unit (ICU)
Rest
Visits from owners
11. Pheromone therapy
What are pheromones?
Pheromone release sites
Pheromone therapy
12. Psychopharmacology
Anxiolytics
Antidepressants
Mood stabilisers
Antipsychotics
α-2 Agonists
Practical sedation protocols
13. Handling techniques
Guiding or luring
Venipuncture
Examining the head
Towel techniques
Syringe extension
Ninja technique
Appendix
BIBLIOGRAPHY