Abstract：
Excessive emotional arousal has been shown to impact physiological health in both veterinary species and human animals. The focus of work in many models of veterinary behavioural medicine has predominantly been associated with reducing activation of the protective emotional systems; in particular, fear-anxiety. The management of the engaging emotional systems of desire-seeking, social play, care and lust has not traditionally been considered in the treatment of physiological health of veterinary species. This article reviews the literature in both veterinary and human fields on the relationship between emotional arousal of both protective and engaging emotional systems and physical health conditions. The current literature describing the regulatory control of sleep on emotional arousal is also discussed. An exemplary case report of a seven month old male entire Cocker Spaniel showing fly-snapping behaviour which had been non-responsive to leviteracetam (Keppra) is presented. The emotional health assessment and treatment of this case is described along with the short and long term (fourteen month follow up) outcomes to demonstrate that some patients presenting in this way can be effectively managed with an appropriate behavioural medicine treatment plan. The authors put forward the argument that an emotional health assessment should be considered an essential component of the work up of all such cases.
摘要：
过度的情绪唤醒已被证明会影响兽医物种和人类动物的生理健康。许多兽医行为医学模型的工作重点主要与减少保护性情绪系统的激活有关；特别是，恐惧-焦虑.欲望寻求的引人入胜的情感系统的管理，社交游戏,传统上，在治疗兽医物种的生理健康时，没有考虑到护理和欲望。本文回顾了兽医和人类领域有关保护性和参与性情绪系统的情绪唤醒与身体健康状况之间关系的文献。还讨论了描述睡眠对情绪唤醒的调节控制的现有文献。提出了一个典型的病例报告，该病例报告显示了一个7个月大的雄性可卡犬，该行为对左旋拉西坦（Keppra）无反应。描述了这种情况的情绪健康评估和治疗以及短期和长期（十四个月的随访）结果，以证明以这种方式出现的某些患者可以通过适当的行为医学治疗计划得到有效管理。作者提出了这样的论点，即情感健康评估应被视为所有此类病例工作的重要组成部分。
