Citation

Frank D, Dehasse J. Vet. Clin. North Am. Small Anim. Pract. 2003; 33(2): 269-286.

Affiliation

Université de Montréal Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Universitaire, CP 5000, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Diane.frank@umontreal.ca

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12701512

Abstract

Human-directed aggression in cats should be evaluated as a multifactorial problem. It results from the combined actions of heredity, environment, learning, human social requirements (or needs), client interactions, lack of understanding of normal feline behavior, unrealistic client expectations, and lack of meeting the cat's basic ethologic needs. Managing human-directed aggression in cats encompasses the use of environmental modification, therapies, and, when and if needed, regulatory drugs so as to increase learning capabilities and adaptation and decrease danger to the human victims.

Language: en