Canine Aggression Toward Unfamiliar People and Dogs

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1023-1041

  Haug, Lore I ^a  

^a Behavior Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMITRIPTYLINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BUSPIRONE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; CLOMICALM; CLOMIPRAMINE; CLORAZEPATE; DIAZEPAM; FATTY ACID; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; MINERAL; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE; PAROXETINE; PHEROMONE; PINDOLOL; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL; RECONCILE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN;

AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; AROMATHERAPY; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOG BITE; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; EXERCISE; FEAR; GONADECTOMY; HERITABILITY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERMITTENT EXPLOSIVE DISORDER; LEARNING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PREDATION; PUNISHMENT; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TERRITORIALITY; THREAT; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIOLENCE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WOLF;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOGS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 47949091639     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2008.04.005     Document Type: Review

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