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==Medical Assessment==

==Medical Assessment==

Medical factors are very important in housesoiling and [[Indoor Marking - Cat|marking problems]]. Certain conditions are directly involved in the generation and maintenance of behavioural problems, whilst others are contributory in an indirect sense (see box). If a case is to be referred to a non-veterinary behaviourist, it is essential to rule out any potential underlying or contributory medical factor beforehand.

Medical factors are very important in housesoiling and [[Indoor Marking - Cat|marking problems]]. Medical problems can underlie and cause behavioural problems, or they can contribute to them (see box). For example, conditions causing PU/PD can cause an indoor elimination problem by increasing the urgency to urinate in a cat that has problems accessing a latrine quickly, or it can contribute to an increase the frequency of indoor elimination in a cat that already has a behavioural problem.

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