Category: Stress

Stress in Animals

Stressors can include physiologic (such as pain, thirst, hunger, and illness), psychosocial (such as unfamiliar people or animals, being separated from the owner or familiar environment) and things in the environment (such as odors, noises, temperature/humidity, and pheromones from other animals). When an animal is stressed out, they can respond in two ways; they can have an immediate stress…

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