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Lecture 12 - Companion Animal Behaviour Flashcards

1
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Why should veterinarians care about behaviour and stress

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-Shifts in behaviour are often why patients present for consult
-Stress impacts physiology, disease, and healing
-animal behaviour integral to human-animal bond
-patient behaviour impacts PE, hospitalization, interpreting diagnostics, anesthetic protocols, and viable treatments
-patient behaviour tightly linked with physical and emotional welfare

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5 freedoms

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Freedom from hunger and thirst
Freedom from discomfort
Freedom from pain, injury, or disease
Freedom to express normal behaviour
Freedom from fear and distress

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3
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What stressors do cats experience in shelters

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Housing, social, and sensory stressors

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4
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Providing hiding spaces for cats in shelters can reduce

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Stress in shelter cats

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5
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Social contact with people can reduce ___________ in shelter cats

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Incidence of URI

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6
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Cats with high stress scores were 5X more likely to develop

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URI

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7
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Cage floor of >8ft associated with

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Lower rates of URI

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8
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Movement of cats out of the cage or between cages <2 times in first 7 days in shelter also significantly associated with

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Lower URI risk

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9
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When patient is in front of you, consider

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-How can i decrease this patient’s stress and give a positive experience?
-in addition to physical stressors, are there psychological stressors i can alleviate?
-How can i keep my patient and staff safe?
-how can i make a diagnostic and treatment plan that fits with this patient’s behaviour?

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10
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Wolves are (hunting style)

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Group social hunters who cooperate to hunt

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11
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Is wolf behaviour same in wild and captivity?

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No

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12
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Wolves are described as a family unit with

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Parents

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13
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Is alpha concept in wolves true?

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No and overt aggression is infrequent

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14
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Dogs were domesticated

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At least 15000 years ago

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15
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Dogs are social animals but do they form packs?

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Data doesn’t support it

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16
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Dogs are bred to retain

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Many useful traits for working with humans

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17
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Dogs retained

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Juvenile characteristics

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18
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Cats are a small predatory species. Can they also be prey>

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Yes

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19
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Cats adapted to hunt in

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Low light conditions; ambush predators

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20
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Are cats social

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Semi social, depends on conditions

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21
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Are cats territorial?

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Yes

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22
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Canine vs feline vision

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Cats excel in low light, dogs excel for contrast and movement

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23
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Do cats or dogs have more olfactory receptors in nose

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Dogs (220 million vs cats 150-200 million)

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Taste differences (what they can taste) cats vs dogs

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Dogs - sweet and savoury, sour, bitter
Cats - savoury? Salt, bitter/acid, not sweet

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25
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Are dogs and cats able to feel the same?

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I think? Vibrissae are very sensitive, lips, face, feet, and genitals typically quite sensitive

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26
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Feline normal behaviour

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Scratching, spraying, predatory behaviours, play behaviours, grooming, elimination behaviour

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27
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Body language in dogs & cats

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Facial tension, ear position and tension, posture and weight placement, tail position and movement, eyes: pupil size, prominence of sclera, vocalización, piloerection

28
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Displacement/appeasement/calming/stress behaviours

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Yawn, lip idk, sniffing, sneezing, shake-off, inguinal check, avoiding visual eye contact, paw lift, rolling over

29
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Socialization period in dogs

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3-4 weeks to 12 weeks

30
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What should happen during socialization period in dogs

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House training, interactions with people and other animals, different environments and stimuli

31
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When are social attachments best learned in dogs

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Socialization period in dogs

32
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Socialization period in cats

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3rd week, may wane by 7-9 weeks

33
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Socialization period longer in dogs or cats

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Dogs

34
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Litter box use in cats starts at

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5-6 weeks of age

35
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Early handling of cats impacts

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Sociability

36
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What are stressors experiences by dogs and cats in clinic

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Transport to clinic
New smells, sounds, and sights
Unfamiliar people & objects
Unfamiliar handling techniques (restrictive, choice & control removed)
Pain/discomfort (needles, otoscope, thermometer, etc)
Taken away from owner

37
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Low stress handling techniques for dogs in environment

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Decrease aversive sounds, smells, sights

38
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Is food a primary reinforcer in dogs

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Yes - food distraction & reward is a good low-stress handling techniques for dogs

39
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Low stress handling in dogs: restraint

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Minimal restraint when possible

40
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Is owner presence a low stress handling technique in dogs?

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Yes

41
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Fear free terms for handling in dogs

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Gradient touch and considerate approach

42
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Are towels and basket muzzle low stress handling techniques

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Yes

43
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Low stress handling techniques for cats: environment

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Decrease aversive sounds, smells, sights

44
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Are Cat specific rooms a low stress handling technique

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Yes

45
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Low stress handling for cats :providing hiding

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Places & perches

46
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Cats low stress handling techniques - food

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Food distraction & reward

47
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Cat low stress handling techniques: meds

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Medication and sedation

48
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Cats: carriers low stress handling techniques

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Examining in carrier

49
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Is giving cats time to explore a low stress handling technique

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Yes

50
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Ways we can modify behaviour in patients

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Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Counterconditioning
Desensitization

51
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Classical conditioning

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Repeated association of a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus, until neutral stimulus elicits a conditioned emotional response

52
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Operant conditioning

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A method of learning that creates associations between a voluntary behaviour and consequence of that behaviour

53
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Are classical conditioning and operant conditioning concurrent processes

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Often

54
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Reinforcement makes behaviour

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Increase

55
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Punishment makes behaviour

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Decrease

56
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Desensitization

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Process of reducing response to a stimulus through gradual and controlled exposure

57
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Counterconditioning

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Changing an animal’s conditioned emotional and physiological response to a stimulus

58
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Marker or bridge/bridging stimulus

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Auditory, tactile, or visual cue that communicates precise moment that is being reinforced

59
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LIMA

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Least intrusive, minimally aversive

60
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Does being able to get veterinary procedures dome mean animal is okay with it

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NO

61
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Displacement behaviour

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Behaviours unusual in context, and interpreted as being an “I’m not a threat behaviour”

62
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Should you focus on positive reinforcement compared to punishment

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YES

63
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Behaviour is always occurring and has

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Purpose/function

64
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When working with an animal, determine

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What is a need and what is a want
How to decrease the patient’s stress to meet needs, and if going very well can consider wants
Be aware of sedation protocols and training options that can further decrease stress and facilitate care

65
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Can animals participate in their care?

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Absolutely!

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