{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Patronek GJ"],"funding":["Maddies Fund"],"pagination":["E45"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5946129"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["8(4)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Better understanding of factors contributing to live release (rehoming) may help shelters improve outcomes. In this cross-sectional, exploratory, non-interventional study, data for all intakes (n = 21,409) for dogs eligible for rehoming from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2016 are analyzed to identify such factors. Live release was >88%. A total of 1510 (7.1%) dogs interacted with the foster care system, 98.9% of whom had live release. Foster care increased the odds of live release by about five-fold for all dogs (odds ratio (OR) 5.30 (95% confidence interval (CI): 3.13; 8.97), p < 0.001) and by >20-fold for adult dogs (OR 22.2 (95% CI: 5.48; 90.2), p < 0.001) compared to first-time owner-surrendered dogs. Dogs returned from foster care had a 70% reduction in health concerns, as judged by i"],"journal":["Animals : an open access journal from MDPI"],"pubmed_title":["Factors Associated with High Live Release for Dogs at a Large, Open-Admission, Municipal Shelter."],"pmcid":["PMC5946129"],"funding_grant_id":["N/A"],"pubmed_authors":["Patronek GJ","Crowe A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Factors Associated with High Live Release for Dogs at a Large, Open-Admission, Municipal Shelter.","description":"Better understanding of factors contributing to live release (rehoming) may help shelters improve outcomes. In this cross-sectional, exploratory, non-interventional study, data for all intakes (n = 21,409) for dogs eligible for rehoming from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2016 are analyzed to identify such factors. Live release was >88%. A total of 1510 (7.1%) dogs interacted with the foster care system, 98.9% of whom had live release. Foster care increased the odds of live release by about five-fold for all dogs (odds ratio (OR) 5.30 (95% confidence interval (CI): 3.13; 8.97), p < 0.001) and by >20-fold for adult dogs (OR 22.2 (95% CI: 5.48; 90.2), p < 0.001) compared to first-time owner-surrendered dogs. Dogs returned from foster care had a 70% reduction in health concerns, as judged by i","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018 Mar","modification":"2025-04-22T09:52:28.82Z","creation":"2019-03-26T23:37:26Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC5946129","cross_references":{"pubmed":["29597307"],"doi":["10.3390/ani8040045"]}}