Effects of Changing Veterinary Handling Techniques on Canine Behaviour and Physiology Part 1: Physiological Measurements

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Canine patient stress during veterinary visits is an animal welfare and health concern. Low-stress handling, combined with cooperative and collaborative care, has been proposed to reduce patient fear; however, research investigating these techniques in a veterinary setting is lacking. The aim of this study was to determine whether targeted interventions during veterinary visits helped to prevent or reduce distress in dogs. A total of 28 dogs were examined within four visits across 8 weeks. Following the first visit, dogs were split into intervention and control groups, where the intervention group received simple low-stress handling techniques and practiced collaborative care, and the control groups experienced routine care. The interventions were selected so that t

SUBMITTER: Squair C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10093362 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature