The phrase "Animal Behavior and Veterinary Science" typically refers to the academic and professional intersection of ethology (the study of behavior) and veterinary medicine. This field focuses on how animal health impacts behavior and how behavioral management can improve animal welfare.

Today, behavior-based protocols include:

Veterinary science has always claimed to treat the "whole animal." But for too long, "whole" meant a collection of organ systems: cardiology, pulmonology, neurology. The behavior was an afterthought—a quirk to be managed, not a symptom to be understood.