Medical differentials with potential behavioral manifestations

Behavior is the great and final integrator between any animal's internal (physiologic/neurochemical, neuroanatomic, and genetic components) and external environments and the extent to which all these environments interact to produce long-term potentiation (cellular/molecular memory and learning...

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Published in:Clinical techniques in small animal practice 2004-11, Vol.19 (4), p.250-258
Main Author: Overall, Karen L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
animal behavior
Behavior
behavior problems
cats
Disease
dogs
Encephalitis
Epilepsy
Humans
Hypoglycemia
Metabolic disorders
Pain
Sleep disorders
Socioeconomic Factors
Toxicity
Urogenital system
Veterinarians
veterinary medicine
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Summary:Behavior is the great and final integrator between any animal's internal (physiologic/neurochemical, neuroanatomic, and genetic components) and external environments and the extent to which all these environments interact to produce long-term potentiation (cellular/molecular memory and learning).1-3 Not only are behavioral problems the most common concerns for pets and veterinary clients,4-7 but when an animal is truly "organically" ill, the mechanism by which the client recognizes the illness involves a change in behavior. Common documented "organic" or "medical" causes of behavioral changes include congenital, inherited, and genetic infectious, inflammatory or immune-mediated, metabolic and endocrine, nutritional, degenerative, neoplastic, toxic, and traumatic conditions.
ISSN:1096-2867
1938-9736
1558-2272
1876-7613
DOI:10.1053/j.ctsap.2004.10.007