Current research in canine and feline pheromones

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-211

  Pageat, Patrick ^a   Gaultier, Emmanuel ^a  

^a PHEROSYNTHESE snc   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; 2 METHYLBUTYRIC ACID; 5 AMINOVALERIC ACID; ANDROSTERONE DERIVATIVE; AZELAIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BUTYRIC ACID; CADAVERINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; COPROSTEROL; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FELIFRIEND; FELIWAY; HEXANOIC ACID; ISOBUTYRIC ACID; LAURIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHENYLACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE DERIVATIVE; PIMELIC ACID; PLACEBO; PROPIONIC ACID; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; PUTRESCINE; STEARIC ACID; TRIMETHYLAMINE; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CAT; CHEMORECEPTOR; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; EXOCRINE GLAND; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SECRETION; STEREOTYPY; URINE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BREEDING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ETHOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; STRESS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; CHEMORECEPTORS; DOGS; ELIMINATIVE BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXOCRINE GLANDS; PHEROMONES; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0037356962     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-5616(02)00128-6     Document Type: Review

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