The Hidden Potential of Herbal Remedies and Neutraceuticals in Canine and Feline Behavioural Disorders

Year 2022, Volume: 33 Issue: 1, 36 - 41, 27.03.2022

Umut Burak Ağan , Saba Hosseinpour Raouf , Büşra Uzun , Yücel Meral

https://doi.org/10.36483/vanvetj.955081

Abstract

Veterinary practitioners may encounter a wide variety of behaviorual problems such as aggresion, anxiety, compulsive behaviours, inappropriate elimination and cognitive dysfunction in daily practice. With the advance of scientific researches regarding usage of herbs and nutraceuticals in order to treat these behavioural problems, veterinarians and animal owners look for reliable sources to gain knowladge about that therapeutics. As elucidated by many published researches, neurotransmitters such as GABA, serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine act in pathology of many psychiatric disorders and most of the modern drugs show their mechanism of action by regulating these neurochemicals. There is increasing evidence that herbal extracts and nutraceuticals act in a similiar way with the conventional therapeutics however, lots of conventional medicines have remarkable side effect unlike herbal and nutraceutical therapeutics. Despite the increasing number of studies, the mechanism of action of these therapeutics has not been fully elucidated. This review aims to introduce recent scientific knowledge on herbal and nutraceutical remedies, that may be alternative treatment models in dog and cat behavioural problems.

Keywords

Behavioral Disorders, Herbal, Serotonin, Dietary Supplements

Kedi ve Köpeklerin Davranış Bozukluklarında Bitkisel Remedilerin ve Nutrasötiklerin Gizli Potansiyeli

Abstract

Veteriner Hekimler günlük pratikte agresyon, anksiyete, kompulsif davranışlar, uygunsuz eliminasyon ve bilişsel işlev bozukluğu gibi çok çeşitli davranışsal problemlerle karşılaşmaktadırlar. Bu davranış problemlerini tedavi etmek için bitkisel remedilerin ve nutrasötiklerin kullanımına ilişkin bilimsel çalışmaların ilerlemesiyle, Veteriner Hekimler ve hayvan sahipleri bu terapötikler hakkında bilgi edinmek için güvenilir kaynaklar aramaktadır. GABA, serotonin, dopamin ve norepinefrin gibi nörotransmitterler birçok psikiyatrik bozukluğun patolojisinde rol oynar ve modern ilaçların çoğu bu nörokimyasalları düzenleyerek etki mekanizmalarını gösterirler. Bitkisel ekstraktlar ve nutrasötiklerin geleneksel terapötiklerle benzer şekilde etki ettiğine dair artan kanıtlar vardır, ancak birçok geleneksel ilacın bitkisel ve nutrasötik terapötiklerin aksine dikkate değer yan etkileri vardır. Artan sayıda çalışmaya rağmen, bu terapötiklerin etki mekanizması tam olarak aydınlatılamamıştır. Bu derleme, köpeklerin ve kedilerin davranış problemlerinde alternatif tedavi modeli olabilecek bitkisel ve nutrasötik remedilerle ilgili güncel bilimsel verileri tanıtmayı amaçlamaktadır.

Keywords

Bitkisel, Davranış Bozuklukları, Serotonin, Diyet Ürünleri

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