UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

School of Veterinary Medicine

   
Portrait Melissa Bain, DVM, DACVB, MS

Assistant Professor
Email: mjbain@ucdavis.edu

Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
University of California
One Shields Ave
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: 530-752-6226
Fax: 530-752-7616
   
Field of Interest
Clinical domestic and pet animal behavior
   
Research
Clinical domestic animal behavior problems and human-animal bond issues, including research on dog-parks, the effects of different training methods on the behavior of dogs, and effects of enrichment on sheltered animals.
   
Teaching
Clinical animal behavior problems; basic domestic animal behavior; doctoring skills; clinical teaching of veterinary students and veterinary behavior residents.

   
Service
President, American College of Veterinary Behaviorists; Past-President, American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior; UC Davis SVM Animal Welfare Committee; Program Chair for Animal Behavior, American Veterinary Medical Association annual meeting.
   
Links
UC Davis VMTH Behavior Service
American College of Veterinary Behaviorists