Mod 1 Flashcards
FAS
Fear, anxiety, stress (considerate approach and gentle control alleviate this)
Considerate approach
Encompasses interaction between vet team and patient and inputs from environment
Touch gradient
Describes how to touch patients to minimize FAS (includes acclimating a patient to touch intensity associated with procedures while measuring acceptance and comfort)
Gentle control
How the vet team comfortably and safely positions the patient to allow vet care to be administered
Stressor
Experience, environment, or object that disrupts the body’s normal state of functioning
Stress Response
Physiological and behavioral responses that attempt to return the body to normal state of functioning
Effect of stress response on learned behavior
Stress response automatically activated in aversive situations, causing animals to be unable to respond to previously learned commands
Environmental Stress factors
Humidity, odor, noise, pheromones
Physiological stress factors
Disease, pain, hunger, thrust
Psychological stress factors
Unfamiliar people/pets, separation from owner
4 categories of FAS
Flight
Fight
Freeze
Fidget
Feline body language: relaxed
Eyes: normal
Ears:Forward
Spine: Flat back, cd higher than shoulders
Tail: Above topline, inverted question mark, gentle back and forth movement
Mouth:closed
Feline body language: stressed
Eyes: large, round pupils
Ears: out to the side, back against the head
Spine: Arched, crouched, legs under body
Tail:tucked, curled around body, forceful movement, thumping
Mouth: Open, panting, hissing, growling, spitting
Canine body language: relaxed
Face: Soft, loose
Eyes: normal pupils, soft eyes
Ears:forward, back but not flattened, loose
Spine: flexible neck to tail
Tail: level with or below topline, wagging
Mouth: open, lips-long, soft
Canine body language: stressed
Face: Lips pulled back, wrinkled brow, skin taut
Eyes: Dilated pupils
Ears: Far forward, out to side, flat against head
Spine: Rigid posture
Tail: high above topline, tucked, wagging
Mouth: closed, lips short, tense, snarl, bite