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The End of the Partnership With a Guide Dog: Emotional Responses, Effects on Quality of Life and Relationships With Subsequent Dogs

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Guide dogs are mobility aids that facilitate independent travel of people who are blind or visually impaired. Additional benefits imparted to the guide dog handler include companionship, and increased: social-function, self-esteem and confidence.
Janice Lloyd, Claire Budge, Steve La Grow, Kevin Stafford   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human Analogue Safe Haven Effect of the Owner: Behavioural and heart rate responses to conflict situations in dogs [PDF]

, 2013
The secure base and safe haven effects of the attachment figure are central features of the human attachment theory. Recently, conclusive evidence for human analogue attachment behaviours in dogs has been provided, however, the owner’s security ...
Gácsi, Márta, Faragó, Tamás, Sernekvist, S., Tóthné Maros, Katalin   +3 more
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Fleece-Lined Whelping Pools Associated with Reduced Incidence of Canine Hip Dysplasia in a Guide Dog Program

Animals
Using genetic selection, Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) has reduced the incidence rate of canine hip dysplasia (CHD). However, given that CHD is polygenic and multifactorial, environmental factors may impact the expression of this developmental condition.
Lynna C. Feng, Alexandra Philippine, Elizabeth Ball-Conley, Sarah-Elizabeth Byosiere   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of serum magnesium ions in dogs exposed to external stress: A pilot study [PDF]

Open Veterinary Journal, 2017
Magnesium ions (Mg2+) are essential for various enzymatic reactions in the body associated with energy production and activation of the muscles and nerves.
Izumi Ando, Kaoru Karasawa, Shinichi Yokota, Takao Shioya, Hiroshi Matsuda, Akane Tanaka   +5 more
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Temporal Changes in Indicators of Testicular Dysgenesis Syndrome in Labrador and Golden Retrievers

Animals
Temporal changes in testicular traits have been reported in both humans and dogs. Analysis of % living sperm and motility from semen collections from 186 Labrador Retrievers and 113 Golden Retrievers between 2006 and 2023, and of incidents of ...
Thomas Lewis, Rachel Moxon, Gary C. W. England   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Retrospective study examining complications and iatrogenic pseudopregnancy in bitches neutered in different stages of the oestrous cycle: identification of an ‘early neutering window’ in bitches

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
IntroductionNeutering in the anoestrus period is most commonly recommended for bitches due to reduced risk of intraoperative bleeding and iatrogenic pseudopregnancy. However, there is a possible second period for neutering, commencing after oestrus until
Rachel Moxon, Gary C. W. England
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Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas in Children and Adolescents: Expert Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas (SPN) is a rare low‐grade malignant exocrine pancreatic tumor, mostly discovered during the second decade of life in females, with a very good prognosis, provided microscopically complete surgical excision is achieved.
Sabine Irtan, Michael Abele, Calogero Virgone, Michaela Kuhlen, Ricardo Lopez‐Almarez, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Maja Cesen, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Andrea Ferrari, Gianni Bisogno, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Louise Galmiche, Jorg Fuchs, Sarah Braungart, Bilgehan Yalcin, Ines B. Brecht, Daniel Orbach   +18 more
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Consideration of Guide Dogs in Japan [PDF]

, 2016
The number of guide dogs in Japan is much smaller than in Western countries. This paper summarizes the history of guide dogs in Japan, compares the development of the assistance dogs in Western countries, and points out problems that have hampered their ...
NAKATSUCHI, Junko, 中土, 純子, ナカツチ, ジュンコ   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The role of trust in binding the perspectives of guide dogs and their visually impaired handlers

Sign Systems Studies, 2014
Building on anthropological discussions of perspectivism and (zoo)semiotic accounts of sign use by humans and other animals, the article explores the cooperation of a guide dog and its visually impaired handler as contingent on the mutual adjustment of ...
Riin Magnus
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of Short- versus Long-Course Antimicrobial Therapy of Uncomplicated Bacterial Pneumonia in Dogs: A Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study

Animals, 2021
Current treatment for canine bacterial pneumonia relies on protracted courses of antimicrobials (3–6 weeks or more) with recommendations to continue for 1–2 weeks past resolution of all clinical and thoracic radiographic abnormalities. However, in humans,
Aida I. Vientós-Plotts, Isabelle Masseau, Carol R. Reinero   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source