{"id":14470,"date":"2021-06-04T10:06:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T10:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onevet.pt\/cascais\/?page_id=14470"},"modified":"2025-11-17T15:34:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:34:53","slug":"ethology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onevetgroup.pt\/cascais\/en\/specialties\/ethology\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethology"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14470\" class=\"elementor elementor-14470\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b7f1f2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b7f1f2\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"main-sec\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-138c88c\" data-id=\"138c88c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec83cf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-section_titleleft\" data-id=\"ec83cf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"section_titleleft.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ab_text-title fl-wrap\">\r\n            Ethology helps to prevent and treat diseases that are associated with the handling, behavior, nutrition and genetic selection of dogs, cats and other companion animals.<span class=\"section-separator fl-sec-sep\"><\/span>        <\/div>\r\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d993722 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d993722\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-065811d\" data-id=\"065811d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63d99ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63d99ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ethology\u00a0is the\u00a0scientific\u00a0and objective study of\u00a0animal\u00a0behaviour, usually with a focus on behaviour under natural conditions, and viewing behaviour as an\u00a0evolutionarily\u00a0adaptive trait.<sup id=\"m_5620677498309398064gmail-m_-1406764192443426284m_-8117770245617502582m_-233055401340344500gmail-cite_ref-1\"><\/sup>\u00a0<\/p><p>Ethology is a rapidly growing field and understanding ethology, or animal behaviour, is important in animal training. Considering the natural behaviours of different species or breeds enables trainers to select the individuals best suited to perform the required task. It also enables trainers to encourage an animal&#8217;s natural behaviours and discourage bad behaviours.<\/p><p>Veterinarians at Onevet Veterinary Hospital Cascais, in Parede, are focused on the prevention and treatment of diseases associated with the handling, behavior, nutrition and genetic selection, of dogs, cats and other companion animals.<\/p><p>Many abnormal behaviors exhibited by companion animals are pathology related, such as aggressive dogs towards family members may be caused by joint pain, epilepsy, or by an endocrine disease such as hypothyroidism.<\/p><p>Another example includes cats that urinate out of their tray or cats that have alopecia on the abdomen may have urinary stones, etc.<\/p><div><p>Handling problems, weaning, introducing a new pet into a multi-cat household, teaching hygiene habits in puppies, separation disorders, stress in cats, environmental enrichment in dogs and cats, adaptation to noise and phobias are all examples of this specialty and require the consultation of a veterinary ethologist.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2048e61\" data-id=\"2048e61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc7c821 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dc7c821\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"385\" height=\"522\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19106 lazy\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/onevetgroup.pt\/cascais\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/07\/Etology.jpg\" data-lazy=\"https:\/\/onevetgroup.pt\/cascais\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2022\/07\/Etology.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethology helps to prevent and treat diseases that are associated with the handling, behavior, nutrition and genetic selection of dogs, cats and other companion animals. 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