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Evaluation of a novel dog adoption program in two US communities. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Millions of dogs enter animal welfare organizations every year and only a fraction of them are adopted. Despite the most recent American Pet Products Association (APPA) data that nearly half the US population owns a dog, only 20% acquired their dog from ...
Heather Mohan-Gibbons +3 more
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Intake Procedures in Colorado Animal Shelters [PDF]
Animals, 2017 The purpose of this study was to describe intake procedures in Colorado animal shelters, compare infectious disease screening protocols in shelters taking in animals from out-of-state to shelters only accepting animals from Colorado, and analyze perceived risk of diseases in Colorado by responding shelter personnel.
Anna Fagre +2 more
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Animal Shelter, Vaccination and Welfare
International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology, 2021 This analysis shows stray or ownerless, free- roaming animals, and particularly, cats, still be a social group challenge. additionally, to vital health and welfare issues of the animals themselves, there square measure public health and safety issues with free-roaming animals, and key environmental issues, as well as wild and animate being predation by
Pant, Nilkanth +5 more
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Animals, 2015 Objective—Feline upper respiratory infection (URI) is a common, multi-factorial infectious disease syndrome endemic to many animal shelters. Although a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in shelter cats, URI is seldom formally monitored in ...
Ann Therese Kommedal +2 more
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The effect of a hiding box on stress levels and body weight in Dutch shelter cats: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
, 2019 While staying in an animal shelter, cats may suffer from chronic stress which impairs their health and welfare. Providing opportunities to hide can significantly reduce behavioural stress in cats, but confirmation with physical parameters is needed ...
W J R van der Leij +17 more
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BMC Veterinary Research, 2021 Background Among the 6–8 million animals that enter the rescue shelters every year, nearly 3–4 million (i.e., 50% of the incoming animals) are euthanized, and 10–25% of them are put to death specifically because of shelter overcrowding each year.
Janae Bradley, Suchithra Rajendran
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Animals, 2023 Previous research has found connections between pigmentation, behavior, and the physiological stress response in both wild and domestic animals; however, to date, no extensive research has been devoted to answering these questions in domestic dogs ...
JoAnna M. Platzer +2 more
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The Changing Rate of Suspected Rabies Bites after Begin to Act Animal Shelter in Erzurum City
Eurasian Journal of Medicine, 2019 Objective: We aimed to evaluate the relationship between establishing an animal shelter in Erzurum and the number of suspected rabies bites between the years 2005 and 2012.
Serhat Vancelik +4 more
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The implications of weeklong fostering and co-housing on shelter dog welfare [PDF]
PeerJMeeting the needs of dogs in a typical animal shelter can be a challenging proposition. Negative environmental inputs, such as excessive noise, restrictive kenneling, and social isolation, contribute to the compromised welfare that dogs experience. Human-
Lisa M. Gunter +7 more
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Faecal virome of cats in an animal shelter
Journal of General Virology, 2014 We describe the metagenomics-derived feline enteric virome in the faeces of 25 cats from a single shelter in California. More than 90 % of the recognizable viral reads were related to mammalian viruses and the rest to bacterial viruses. Eight viral families were detected: Astroviridae, Coronaviridae, Parvoviridae, Circoviridae, Herpesviridae ...
Zhang, Wen +5 more
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