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Cat attacks towards people and/or animals, an educational pending task on pet’s owners? 猫攻击人和/或动物，这是宠物主人的教育任务吗?

Pet Behaviour Science Pub Date : 2023-06-27 DOI: 10.21071/pbs.vi14.15597

Pedro González Pech, Valentina Medina-Barrera

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Examining the Effects of Animal-Assisted Activities Against Standard Treatment in a University Setting 在大学环境中检验动物辅助活动与标准治疗的效果

Pet Behaviour Science Pub Date : 2023-06-27 DOI: 10.21071/pbs.vi14.15225

S. Islam, E. Spruin, Tracey Wornast, T. Dempster

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Pet Attitudes Predicting Preferences for Pets Over People 宠物态度预测人们对宠物的偏好

Pet Behaviour Science Pub Date : 2022-09-14 DOI: 10.21071/pbs.vi13.13473

Katherine Aumer, Michael Erickson, Jack Krizizke, Marc Jaksuwijitkorn, Jennifer Åbb

{"title":"Pet Attitudes Predicting Preferences for Pets Over People","authors":"Katherine Aumer, Michael Erickson, Jack Krizizke, Marc Jaksuwijitkorn, Jennifer Åbb","doi":"10.21071/pbs.vi13.13473","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21071/pbs.vi13.13473","url":null,"abstract":"The preference for animal companionship over human companionship may be predicted by attitudes about pet ownership. We hypothesized that pet attitudes could predict preferences for relationships with pets over humans. We sampled 182 people who named a person and a pet they love and care about. Participants rated their feelings of love, time spent, enjoyment, and equity in both their human and pet relationships. We also presented seven hypothetical negative event scenarios that involve both the pet and human and asked participants to predict their feelings and reactions based on these events. The Pet Attitudes Scale (Templer et al., 1981) was used to assess attitudes towards pets. People had similar positive feelings about their pet-human and human-human relationships. However, people were more likely to react negatively towards a human compared to a pet. Positive pet attitudes predicted more positive and less negative reactions to pets. Positive pet attitudes can predict preference for pet relationships over human relationships and may help researchers identify what relationships work best depending on a personʻs pet attitudes. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":121341,"journal":{"name":"Pet Behaviour Science","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127638899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Detector dog training shows companion-dogs rapidly remember the what and where of instinctively significant scents 警犬训练表明，同伴犬能迅速记住本能上重要的气味

Pet Behaviour Science Pub Date : 2022-08-02 DOI: 10.21071/pbs.vi13.13612

Graham Joseph Adams

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A qualitative insight into the removal of the Australian COVID-19 lockdowns on dogs and cats, and their owners 对澳大利亚取消对狗和猫及其主人的COVID-19封锁的定性洞察

Pet Behaviour Science Pub Date : 2022-07-04 DOI: 10.21071/pbs.vi13.13633

J. Oliva, Rachel Lau

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Warm Air Leads to Hazardous Ground Temperatures When Walking Dogs in Built and Natural Environments 当在人造和自然环境中遛狗时，温暖的空气会导致危险的地面温度

Pet Behaviour Science Pub Date : 2022-05-07 DOI: 10.21071/pbs.vi12.13733

P. Hudak

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Effects of dogs’ visits to a public exhibition 狗参观公共展览的影响

Pet Behaviour Science Pub Date : 2022-04-22 DOI: 10.21071/pbs.vi12.14035

V. Marnoto, G. G. Pereira, Sara Fragoso, A. Faria, Sandra Soares, Florbela Elias, Rita Santos, Márcia Silva, Sónia Saraiva, Ana Santos, L. Galhardo

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Evaluation of the syndromic characterization and diagnostic criteria of the concept of anxiety in animal ethology professionals 动物行为学专业人员焦虑概念的证候特征及诊断标准评价

Pet Behaviour Science Pub Date : 2022-03-09 DOI: 10.21071/pbs.vi12.12928

A. Morales-Estrada, A. Ducoing-Watty, Itzcoatl Maldonado-Resendiz

{"title":"Evaluation of the syndromic characterization and diagnostic criteria of the concept of anxiety in animal ethology professionals","authors":"A. Morales-Estrada, A. Ducoing-Watty, Itzcoatl Maldonado-Resendiz","doi":"10.21071/pbs.vi12.12928","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21071/pbs.vi12.12928","url":null,"abstract":"There is a wide range of reported signs for anxious patients in veterinary medicine but specific diagnostic criteria to characterize them is lacking. The objective of this study was to determine the variability in the concepts of anxiety and the criteria used to diagnose anxiety disorders in veterinary medicine. A questionnaire was developed to obtain information through direct responses from 31 professionals in the exercise of clinical ethology with questions based on the subject of canine anxiety (definition, manifestations, and diagnosis). An analysis was performed using contingency tables. Seventy-three percent (73%, n=22) of respondents agreed on one definition. The signs most frequently considered in the diagnosis of this disorder were increased vigilance (90.3%, n=28), increased motor activity (87%, n=27), panting, and altered heart rate (bradycardia/tachycardia) (77.4%, n=24). From these results, homogeneity is observed in the concept of anxiety, but with evidence of diagnostic heterogeneity, which can be related to the wide repertoire of signs that are considered in the questionnaire and are present in dogs, as well as the lack of diagnostic criteria and/or tests that can objectively evaluate each patient in order to obtain more uniform and reliable results.","PeriodicalId":121341,"journal":{"name":"Pet Behaviour Science","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132390184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Dogs trigger attention during Animal Assisted Intervention in prison: a preliminary study 狗在监狱动物辅助干预中引起注意:一项初步研究

Pet Behaviour Science Pub Date : 2021-09-12 DOI: 10.21071/pbs.vi11.13330

M. Grandgeorge, M. Hausberger, C. Heyraud, A. Hirschelmann

{"title":"Dogs trigger attention during Animal Assisted Intervention in prison: a preliminary study","authors":"M. Grandgeorge, M. Hausberger, C. Heyraud, A. Hirschelmann","doi":"10.21071/pbs.vi11.13330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21071/pbs.vi11.13330","url":null,"abstract":"Animal-assisted interventions (AAI) seem to offer promising possibilities to prevent daily conditions of inmates (overcrowding or social isolation); however, nothing is known either about the potential processes involved or impact AAI on the development of interactions between inmates. We hypothesized that either dogs would be a source and the centre of attention, thereby that dog may induce more dog-inmate interactions, or dogs would be social catalyst, i.e. facilitator of social interactions between humans. For that, we analysed first one-hour AAI sessions involving 10 adult male inmates, 7 service dogs and one dog handler. An observer recorded, using ethological methods, spatial distances between dogs and inmates and between humans, direction of inmates’ gazes and their vocal behaviour. Hypothesis that dogs could be social catalyst was not supported: each inmate interacted mainly with his own dog. Own dog was the almost only exclusive partner with whom they communicated: target of their visual gazes, vocal production and physical contact. Based on literature and this preliminary research, we suggested that the animal/human ratio could be a crucial factor influencing the quality and quantity of AAI interactions.","PeriodicalId":121341,"journal":{"name":"Pet Behaviour Science","volume":"292 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115918706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Laboratory rats as pets: The potential role of neonatal handling schedule for their life in and after the lab 作为宠物的实验室大鼠:新生儿处理计划对其实验室内外生活的潜在作用

Pet Behaviour Science Pub Date : 2020-11-28 DOI: 10.21071/PBS.VI10.12480

I. Chaniotakis, E. Diamantakos, Vaso Rizou, Eleni Moltsanidou, Christos kotopoulis, Miriam Thavarajah, A. Polissidis, N. Kostomitsopoulos

{"title":"Laboratory rats as pets: The potential role of neonatal handling schedule for their life in and after the lab","authors":"I. Chaniotakis, E. Diamantakos, Vaso Rizou, Eleni Moltsanidou, Christos kotopoulis, Miriam Thavarajah, A. Polissidis, N. Kostomitsopoulos","doi":"10.21071/PBS.VI10.12480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21071/PBS.VI10.12480","url":null,"abstract":"There are organizations for re-homing animals that are also specialized in re-homing dogs and cats who have been research subjects. Why can’t we do this for more animals and especially for the rats that are used extensively in research and they are not intended to be pets as they are not as common as pets? Even though previous research highlights neonatal handling as an essential process for rearing less stressed and emotionally sensitive adult rats, there is very little information about a specific neonatal handling schedule that could be a crucial factor in promoting their welfare and adoption as pets. The aim of this study is to propose a standardized handling schedule assessment based on implementation of a neonatal handling procedure that mimics maternal behavior, in order to have a positive effect on the rats’ welfare, decreasing their stress responsiveness towards humans and promoting their adoption as pets. DA rats (DA/OlaHsd) were handled during postnatal days 1 (D1) to 21 (D21) (experimental group, n=15) using a handling schedule that imitates rat maternal behavior or received only gold standard neonatal handling (control group, n=14). On D22, blinded researchers evaluated the behaviour of both groups according to their responses to handling. Blinding was used, as to try to eliminate biased results, as to examine the rats' behavior against strangers which is a crucial factor for their suitability as pets. The data were collected through a customized assessment form. The statistical analysis of both groups’ cumulative responses showed that the experimental group had less stressful responses compared to the control group (Mann-Whitney (U) test: U= 13; P < 0.01). This neonatal handling schedule may improve rat welfare during their life in the lab. Also, it could be a method that assists laboratory rats to be adopted as pets after their laboratory life.","PeriodicalId":121341,"journal":{"name":"Pet Behaviour Science","volume":"198 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127310465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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