Second Edition of Behavior and Physical Health Integration in Companion Animals

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Second Edition of the Special Issue, “Behavior and Physical Health Integration in Companion Animals”, which seeks to explore the relationship between behavioral and physical factors in companion animals. Behavioral problems have been traditionally considered almost as a diagnosis of exclusion. However, behavioral and physical health are not separate but interdependent entities. Behavioral medicine increasingly considers a much more diffuse boundary between medical and ethological etiologies. In fact, a high incidence of comorbidities with medical conditions is detected in animals showing behavioral problems. Moreover, stress and even temperament may predispose some illnesses. The integration of these and other factors during veterinary consultation may provide a better understanding of behavioral problems and medical conditions, thereby improving the effectiveness of treatments. This Special Issue will showcase the latest research on the topic of integration of physical–behavioral health in dogs and cats, and we hope invitees will make a major contribution to the knowledge and practice relating to this topic.

Dr. Belén Rosado
Dr. Sylvia García-Belenguer
Dr. Ángela González-Martínez
Guest Editors

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