Distúrbios comportamentais em cães e gatos

Abstract

Animal behavior is one of the fundamental factors to be understood in veterinary medicine, since behavior disorders are frequent and routine in the small animal medical clinic. Therefore, knowledge and training on the part of the professional is essential, in order to prevent these disorders when possible and to correct them satisfactorily when necessary. Among the disorders, some of the most frequent are separation anxiety, aggression, phobias and inappropriate eliminations. In this context, the present study aims to analyze the main behavioral changes observed by dog and cat tutors, in order to make veterinarians aware of this current and recurring problem. Since, in both species, it was reported by most of the tutors that their animals had at least one behavioral disorder, the most frequent in dogs being anxiety when being alone, fear of noises, excessive licking and excessive dependence on a member of the family. while in cats fear of people was observed, followed by fear of noises, anxiety when being alone and excessive vocalization, in both species the less frequent behavior was coprophagia. Given this, the recurrence and importance of the specialty of animal behavior in veterinary medicine is highlighted, in the identification and treatment of animals with behavior problems, since veterinarians are the only trained and qualified professionals to carry out the treatment of behavioral disorders in pets.