title: Differential diagnosis and management of human-directed aggression in cats.
abstract: Human-directed aggression in cats should be evaluated as a multifactorial problem. It results from the combined actions of heredity, environment, learning, human social requirements (or needs), client interactions, lack of understanding of normal feline behavior, unrealistic client expectations, and lack of meeting the cat's basic ethologic needs. Managing human-directed aggression in cats encompasses the use of environmental modification, therapies, and, when and if needed, regulatory drugs so as to increase learning capabilities and adaptation and decrease danger to the human victims.
authors.affiliation: Université de Montréal Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Universitaire, CP 5000, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Diane.frank@umontreal.ca
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dehasse
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression; D000818:Animals; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D002415:Cats; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D001841:Human-Animal Bond; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents