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Biological basis of the behavior of sick animals

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · 1988 · Vol. 12(2) · pp. 123–137

Benjamin L. Hart✉(University of California, Davis)

Human-Animal Interaction Studies Zoonotic diseases and public health Animal Behavior and Welfare StudiesLethargyAnorexiaDiseasePerspective (graphical)PsychologyDepression (economics)MedicinePsychiatry

MeSH terms

AnimalsAnimal DiseasesAnimals, WildArousalBehavior, AnimalEnergy MetabolismFeeding BehaviorFeverInterleukin-1SleepNeuroimmunomodulation

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