Stress, Health & Behavior: Why Physical Health and Behavior are Inextricably Linked

Course Overview

In many cases, focusing exclusively on physical health or on behavior limits our ability to foster overall well-being and achieve successful outcomes for animals. The goal of this course is to help you better understand these connections so that you can best serve animals and their people—whether you work in a veterinary or training environment.

In this course, we will discuss the intersections among physical health and behavior, the impacts of stress, and the connection among immune function, the microbiome, pain, and behavior. 

This course contains six lessons:

Lesson 1: Connections Between Physical Health and Behavior
Lesson 2: Stress Impacts, Cortisol, and Allostasis
Lesson 3: Immune Function and Behavior
Lesson 4: The Microbiome and Behavior
Lesson 5: How Pain Affects Behavior
Lesson 6: Collaboration Among Veterinary and Behavior Professionals

This course was written by Kristina Spaulding, PhD, CAAB and Amy Learn, VMD, DACVB, IAABC-CABC and is approved for ONE hour of RACE CE and ONE hour of IAABC CE.

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