Behavioral predictors of subsequent respiratory illness signs in dogs admitted to an animal shelter.

ABSTRACT: Individual variability is evident in behavior and physiology of animals. Determining whether behavior at intake may predict subsequent illness in the animal shelter may influence the management of dogs housed at animal shelters and reduce overall disease. While normally associated with mild disease and low mortality rates, respiratory disease nevertheless poses significant challenges to the management of dogs in the stressful environment of animal shelters due to its highly infectious nature. Therefore, the aim of the study was to explore whether behavior at intake can predict subsequent occurrence and progression of upper respiratory disease in dogs at animal shelters. In a correlational study, 84 dogs were assessed throughout their stay at a city animal shelter. The dogs were subjected t

SUBMITTER: Protopopova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6808433 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature