Effects of a program of human interaction and alterations in diet composition on activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in dogs housed in a public animal shelter

Hennessy, Michael B.; Voith, Victoria L.; Hawke, Jessie L.; Young, Travis L.; Centrone, Jason; McDowell, Angela L.; Linden, Fran; Davenport, Gary M.

doi:10.2460/javma.2002.221.65

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“…Plasma cortisol concentration was measured in duplicate with a standard radioimmunoassay c as described elsewhere. 29,32 Intraassay and interassay coefficients of variation were 7.3% and 19.5%, respectively.…”

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“…However, conditions for that group differed from those for the novel-room group in that a petter stayed with each dog in the novel environment. This petter encouraged each dog to lie down, spoke to it in a soothing voice, and performed a combination of petting and deep tissue massage around the head, neck, and shoulder region of the dog for 30 minutes as described elsewhere 29,32 to encourage relaxation. 33 Petters consisted of a team of 10 female research assistants who were trained in the petting technique, and dogs received petting sessions from multiple petters during the study.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Effects of repeated petting sessions on leukocyte counts, intestinal parasite prevalence, and plasma cortisol concentration of dogs housed in a county animal shelter

Dudley¹,

Schiml²,

Hennessy³

2015

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Effects of repeated petting sessions on leukocyte counts, intestinal parasite prevalence, and plasma cortisol concentration of dogs housed in a county animal shelter

Dudley¹,

Schiml²,

Hennessy³

2015

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“…The kennel environment, even for short periods, is a potential psychogenic stressor for most dogs owing to its novel surroundings and separation from social attachment figures (Beerda et al, 2000;Hennessy et al, 2002;Pullen et al, 2010). A kennel is spatially and socially restrictive, and as a result, many dogs show signs of acute stress when housed in kennels (Hiby et al, 2006;Rooney et al, 2007).…”

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Behavioral effects of auditory stimulation on kenneled dogs

Kogan

Schoenfeld-Tacher

Simon

2012

Journal of Veterinary Behavior

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“…A dog must be in visual, ol-companIon anImal welfare factory and auditory contact with other dogs. Positive interaction with humans also allows dogs in shelters to gain greater control over the environment, improving their behavioural and physiological profile, especially in new and stressful situations (Tuber et al, 1999;Hennessy et al, 2002).…”

Section: Welfare Of Companion Animals In Rescue Shelters: Problems Anmentioning

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Companion animal welfare and possible implications on the human–pet relationship

Verga

Michelazzi

2009

Italian Journal of Animal Science

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The role of pets (dogs and cats in particular) in human society has changed in recent years. Nowadays pets are an integral part of the human family and this aspect has many social and emotional implications. For their positive effects on human health, pets are also employed in some special and therapeutic activities known by the generic term of "Pet Therapy". In these programmes the animal becomes an integral part of the therapeutic plan in order to induce some physical, social, emotional, and cognitive improvements in human patients. However, the close bond between companion animals and man is not always the herald of beneficial effects. Sometimes the welfare of pets may be compromised by distress due to many factors, mostly related to the environment and to management by humans. Both behavioural and physiological variables may be analysed in order to evaluate welfare level in pets. Reduced welfare may be indicated by the onset of some behavioural problems, which have usually a multifactorial aetiology, related both to the genetic individual basis and environmental factors. Physiological variables which may be analysed in order to evaluate pet welfare include hormone levels, mainly related to the HPA (hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal-axis) and to the immune systems activations. Behavioural problems may also lead to the relinquishment of pets to shelters. Animals housed in rescue shelters cannot display their ethogram and show behavioural and physiological signs of distress. Thus it is very important to improve the human-pet relationship both by educating owners and reducing the number of stray animals, in accordance with the indications of the European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals stated at Strasbourg in 1987, mainly as regards pet breeding and welfare. Humans have to realise that adopting pets implies the responsibility to care for their health and welfare, avoiding undue stress in the living environment and improving the human-pet relationship.

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Effects of a program of human interaction and alterations in diet composition on activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in dogs housed in a public animal shelter

Cited by 70 publications

References 25 publications

Effects of repeated petting sessions on leukocyte counts, intestinal parasite prevalence, and plasma cortisol concentration of dogs housed in a county animal shelter

Effects of repeated petting sessions on leukocyte counts, intestinal parasite prevalence, and plasma cortisol concentration of dogs housed in a county animal shelter

Behavioral effects of auditory stimulation on kenneled dogs

Companion animal welfare and possible implications on the human–pet relationship

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