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Comparison of Osteotomy Level with Three Different Canine Total Hip Replacement Systems
Open Veterinary Journal, 2022 Background: Numerous cementless total hip replacement systems are available for application in dogs and one of the potential differences among these systems is the technique for performing a femoral osteotomy and the amount of bone preserved in the ...
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019 Assistance dogs can greatly improve the lives of people with disabilities. However, a large proportion of dogs bred and trained for this purpose are deemed unable to successfully fulfill the behavioral demands of this role.
Emily E. Bray +7 more
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Methodological Considerations in Canine Olfactory Detection Research
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020 Dogs are increasingly used in a wide range of detection tasks including explosives, narcotics, medical, and wildlife detection. Research on detection dog performance is important to understand olfactory capabilities, behavioral characteristics, improve ...
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Working Dog Training for the Twenty-First Century
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Dogs are trained for a variety of working roles including assistance, protection, and detection work. Many canine working roles, in their modern iterations, were developed at the turn of the 20th century and training practices have since largely been ...
Nathaniel J. Hall +9 more
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A Review of the Types of Training Aids Used for Canine Detection Training
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020 The canine detection community is a diverse one, ranging from scientific fields such as behavior, genetics, veterinary medicine, chemistry, and biology to applications in law enforcement, military, medicine, and agricultural/environmental detection. This
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Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceIntroductionThis study aimed to evaluate the effects of a single-cell protein (SCP) source from Paecilomyces variotii on the apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of macronutrients and energy, diet palatability, fecal fermentative metabolites, and ...
Renata Bacila Morais dos Santos de Souza +6 more
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Selection Factors Influencing Eventual Owner Satisfaction about Pet Dog Adoption
Animals, 2022 Personal likes, experience, and deep-rooted interests to satisfy emotional needs such as companionship, affection, empathy, and security are some of the underlying human motivations for acquiring a pet companion.
Ian R. Dinwoodie +3 more
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Enhancing the Selection and Performance of Working Dogs
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Dogs perform a variety of integral roles in our society, engaging in work ranging from assistance (e.g., service dogs, guide dogs) and therapy to detection (e.g., search-and-rescue dogs, explosive detection dogs) and protection (e.g., military and law ...
Emily E. Bray +9 more
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Circulating microRNAs as biomarkers of cachexia and sex‐specific cancer in senior dogs. In 25 client‐owned dogs, four circulating miRNAs (miR‐15a, miR‐15b, miR‐16, miR‐140) were downregulated in cachexia, with miR‐16 the strongest individual biomarker (AUC = 0.899).
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Effectiveness of marker training for detection dogs
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceTraining detection dogs to alert to an odor requires precision in the timing and delivery of stimulus presentations in order to condition a strong association between odor and reward and to train a desired alert behavior that communicates the presence ...
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