Feline Behavioural Medicine (2020)
Overview
By Sarah Heath BVSc PgCertVEDip ECAWBM(BM) CCAB FHEA FRCVS who is a RCVS and EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Behavioural Medicine. This webinar will discuss the role of the general veterinary practice in providing a behavioural medicine service for feline patients and their caregivers. It will discuss the potential for interplay between emotional and physical health and the importance of considering emotional factors when dealing with feline medicine cases. The concept of feline environmental needs will be discussed as it relates to the feline home and to the veterinary context. The role of pheromones, nutraceuticals and medications in the management of feline behavioural cases will also be explored.
Presenters
Sarah Heath BVSc PgCertVE Dip.ECAWBM(BM) CCAB FHEA FRCVS
Sarah spent four years in mixed general practice before setting up Behavioural Referrals Veterinary Practice in 1992. Sarah is an RCVS and European Veterinary Specialist in Behavioural Medicine and was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2018. She is an External Lecturer in small animal behavioural medicine on the veterinary undergraduate course at LiverpoolUniversity. In 2019 she gained her Postgraduate Certificate in Veterinary Education and became a Fellow of the Higher Education Authority. She is a certified Clinical Animal Behaviourist under the ASAB accreditation scheme and registered as a Veterinary Behaviourist with the Animal Behaviour and TrainingCouncil. She sees clinical cases across North West England. In 2002 Sarah became a Founding Diplomate of the European College of Animal Welfare and BehaviouralMedicine. Sarah has a special interest in the interplay between emotional and physical illness in dogs and cats particularly in the role of pain. She promotes the recognition of emotional health issues in companion animals and the role of the veterinary profession in safeguarding the welfare of animals in this context. Sarah lectures extensively, at home and abroad, on behavioural medicine and is an author, co-author and editor of several books.