Pheromone application in prevention and therapy of domestic animal behavioral disorder

Abstract

This review-type paper presents the latest knowledge on pheromone therapy. Pheromone therapy does not imply merely the use of structural analogues of pheromones in therapy, but also in the prevention of behavioral disorders in domestic animals. Their application is induced in all cases in which the effects of stressors are expected and their negative effect on the health condition, welfare and production results of domestic animals. Structural analogues of pheromones can successfully be applied in the prevention and therapy of behavioral disorders in horses, swine, dogs, and cats. Recent investigations have confirmed that structural analogues of semiochemicals exert a positive effect also on the production results and meat quality of broilers. They realize their therapeutic and preventive effect on the behavior of domestic animals through the stabilization of the emotional state, relaxation, and calming the animals that are disturbed, or could become disturbed due to the effect of stressors.

U radu preglednog karaktera izneta su novija saznanja o feromonoterapiji. Feromonoterapija ne znači samo upotrebu strukturnih analoga feromona u terapiji, već i u preventivi poremećaja u ponašanju domaćih životinja. Njihova primena indikovana je u svim slučajevima u kojima se očekuje delovanje stresora i njihov negativan uticaj na zdravstveno stanje, dobrobit i proizvodne rezultate domaćih životinja. Strukturni analozi feromona mogu uspešno da se primene u preventivi i terapiji poremećaja u ponašanju konja, svinja, pasa i mačaka. Novijim istraživanjima potvrđeno je da strukturni analozi semiohemikalija ostvaruju pozitivan uticaj i na proizvodne rezultate i kvalitet mesa brojlera. Svoj terapijski i preventivni učinak na ponašanje domaćih životinja ostvaruju stabilizacijom emocionalnog stanja, relaksacijom i smirivanjem životinja koje su uznemirene ili mogu da postanu uznemirene usled delovanja stresora.