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Working Dog Service, Harmful Agent Exposure and Decontamination

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
Working dogs are widely used by service professionals and the military for diverse roles that include sentry, patrol, messenger, tracking, search and rescue, law enforcement, apprehension, as well as explosives and narcotics detection. The expected tasks
Carla L. Jarrett, Morgan Brathwaite, Robert M. Gogal, Steven D. Holladay   +3 more
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No evidence for detrimental effect of chemical castration on working ability in Swiss military dogs [PDF]

, 2019
Hormones influence the social behaviour of dogs. Castration of male dogs induces a reduction of testosterone and has been shown to affect social behaviours associated with aggression and reproduction.
Gfrerer, Nastassja, Taborsky, Michael, Würbel, Hanno   +2 more
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TeamMate: A Longitudinal Study of New Zealand Working Farm Dogs. III. Factors Affecting the Risk of Dogs Being Lost from the Workforce

Animals, 2021
Working farm dogs are essential to many livestock farmers. Little is known about factors that influence dogs’ risk of being lost from work. This paper explores risk factors for farm dogs being lost through death, euthanasia and retirement.
Katja E. Isaksen, Lori Linney, Helen Williamson, Elizabeth J. Norman, Nick J. Cave, Naomi Cogger   +5 more
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Non-invasive baseline genetic monitoring of the endangered San Joaquin kit fox on a photovoltaic solar facility

Endangered Species Research, 2015
Survival of endangered San Joaquin kit foxes Vulpes macrotis mutica is challenged by reduced and fragmented habitat resulting from anthropogenic uses. We monitored kit foxes on the 40 km2 proposed site for the Topaz Solar Farms (TSF) in San Luis Obispo ...
TR Wilbert, DA Woollett, A Whitelaw, J Dart, JR Hoyt, S Galen, K Ralls, DE Meade, JE Maldonado   +8 more
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Do domestic dogs learn words based on humans’ referential behaviour? [PDF]

, 2014
Some domestic dogs learn to comprehend human words, although the nature and basis of this learning is unknown. In the studies presented here we investigated whether dogs learn words through an understanding of referential actions by humans rather than ...
Tempelmann, Sebastian, Tempelmann Sebastian, Juliane, Kaminski, Tomasello Michael, Juliane Kaminski, Tomasello, M. ; https://orcid.org/, Tomasello, Michael, Kaminski, J. ; https://orcid.org/, Tempelmann, S. ; https://orcid.org/, Sebastian Tempelmann, Michael Tomasello, Kaminski Juliane, Kaminski, Juliane, Kaminski J, Tomasello M, Tempelmann S   +15 more
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Dogs catch human yawns [PDF]

, 2008
This study is the first to demonstrate that human yawns are possibly contagious to domestic dogs (Canis familiaris). Twenty-nine dogs observed a human yawning or making control mouth movements.
Shepherd, Alex J., Atsushi Senju, Joly-Mascheroni, Ramiro M., Senju, Atsushi, Ramiro M Joly-mascheroni, Alex J Shepherd   +5 more
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Gastritis and Gastric Ulcers in Working Dogs [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2016
Gastritis and gastric ulcers are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in canine athletes. Although the majority of scientific work on this condition has been performed in ultraendurance racing sled dogs, this condition has been identified in other canine athletes, including sled dogs competing in shorter events and dogs performing off-leash ...
Davis, Michael S., Williamson, Katherine K.   +1 more
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Trilostane in dogs [PDF]

, 2010
Over the last 10 years, trilostane, a competitive inhibitor of steroid synthesis, is being widely used for the treatment of canine hyperadrenocorticism.
Ramsey, I.K.
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Personality Consistency in Dogs: A Meta-Analysis [PDF]

, 2012
Jamie L. Fratkin is with UT Austin; David L. Sinn is with UT Austin and University of Tasmania; Samuel D. Gosling is with UT Austin; Erika A. Patall is with UT Austin.Personality, or consistent individual differences in behavior, is well established in ...
Patall, Erika A., David L. Sinn, Erika A. Patall (276437), Gosling, SD, Jamie L. Fratkin (276435), Jamie L Fratkin, Erika A. Patall, David L Sinn, Fratkin Jamie L., Jamie L. Fratkin, Sinn David L., Erika A Patall, Fratkin, Jamie L., Sinn, David L., Samuel D. Gosling, Samuel D. Gosling (276438), Sinn, DL, Patall, EA, Gosling, Samuel D., Fratkin, JL, Gosling Samuel D., David L. Sinn (276436), Samuel D Gosling, Patall Erika A.   +23 more
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Differential Effects of Aging on Behavior in Working and Untrained Companion Dogs [PDF]

Animal Behavior and Cognition
Aging related declines in cognition and behavior may have a detrimental impact on working dog performance and welfare. However, while aging related changes have been well documented in companion dogs, no work has determined if those findings generalize ...
Sarah Krichbaum, Lucia Lazarowski
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