Practical feline behaviour understanding cat behaviour and improving welfare

82 Chapter 6 Stress Stress is a reaction to a physiological, psychological or emotional challenge. A stressor is an event, circu ...

Health and Behaviour 83 The sympathetic–adrenal medullary axis (SAM axis) This involves the autonomic nervous system that is par ...

84 Chapter 6 and physiological changes, especially the continued release of stress hormones, can be directly damaging to both he ...

Health and Behaviour 85 Although the primary cause of FIC is not as yet understood, increasing evidence points to stress as bein ...

86 Chapter 6 had the disease, or they may become latent carriers of the infection, becoming a risk to other cats during or follo ...

Health and Behaviour 87 Pathological skin diseases Human and canine studies have demonstrated an association between stress and ...

88 Chapter 6 effects of reduced appetite, vomiting and diarrhoea. Stella et al. (2011) found ‘sickness behaviours’, most notably ...

Health and Behaviour 89 Chronic stress and obesity are recognized as important contributory factors in the development of type 2 ...

90 Chapter 6 As with FOPS the exact cause of hyperaesthesia is unknown. It is likely that it is not a separate disease but a col ...

Health and Behaviour 91 Re-directed aggression If a cat is unable to flee from, chase away, or fight with a perceived threat, th ...

92 Chapter 6 Compulsive behaviours Over-grooming/self trauma As mentioned previously over-grooming can be a response to stress i ...

Health and Behaviour 93 stress but, even then, some cats will demonstrate clear physiological and behavioural signs, whilst othe ...

94 Chapter 6 ● Avoidance behaviours: ● Hiding: acute stress can cause short episodes of hiding from stressors such as unusual ve ...

Health and Behaviour 95 Buffington, C.A.T., Westropp, J.L. and Chew, D.J. (2014) From FUS to pandora syndrome. Where are we, how ...

96 Chapter 6 Lascelles, B.D.X, Henry III, J.B., Brown, J., Robertson, I., Sumrell, A.T. et al. (2010) Cross- sectional study of ...

Health and Behaviour 97 Stella, J.L., Lord, L.K. and Buffington, C.A.T. (2011) Sickness behaviors in response to unu- sual exter ...

98 © T. Atkinson, 2018. Practical Feline Behaviour (T. Atkinson) 7. Learning, Training and Behaviour Not all feline behaviour is ...

Learning, Training and Behaviour 99 Habituation is more likely to occur if the stimulus is repeated frequently within a relative ...

100 Chapter 7 Practical feline examples ● It is very common for both dogs and cats to become sensitized and highly fearful of fi ...

Learning, Training and Behaviour 101 The presentation of a sound. This produced no reaction from the dogs. Pavlov called this t ...