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An evaluation of respondent conditioning procedures to decrease barking in an animal shelter
(Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2017)A common problem behavior in animal shelters is excessive noise from barking, which can regularly exceed 100dBs. Noise levels in animal shelters are correlated with increased stress in dogs, which may lead to increased ... -
Biomedical Scent Detection Dogs: Would They Pass as a Health Technology?
(Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2018)Biomedical scent detection dogs identify the scent profiles of diseases, such as cancer, diabetes or pathogenic micro-organisms. What the field of biomedical scent detection has been lacking, however, is the assessment of ... -
Cannabidiol as a potential anti-epileptic dietary supplement in dogs with suspected epilepsy: three case reports
(Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2019)Epilepsy is the most common chronic neurological disorder in dogs and the almost lifelong administration of anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) is recognized as the most successful treatment in veterinary medicine. Current ... -
Cat attacks towards people and/or animals, an educational pending task on pet’s owners?
(Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2023)This study aimed to explore the context and the characteristics of domestic cats’ (Felis catus) attacking their owners or other pets and their probable risk factors. A survey was targeted to persons perceiving ... -
Comparing trainers’ reports of clicker use to the use of clickers in applied research studies: methodological differences may explain conflicting results
(Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2017)Clicker training refers to an animal training technique, derived from laboratory-based studies of animal learning and behaviour, in which a reward-predicting signal is delivered immediately following performance of a desired ... -
Detector dog training shows companion-dogs rapidly remember the what and where of instinctively significant scents
(Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2022)All of the companion dogs demonstrated that they were capable of rapid training to remember ‘the what’ of trained‑for scents of evolutionary significance. In training, all the dogs made the cognitive transition ... -
Does cat attachment have an effect on human health? A comparison between owners and volunteers
(Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2016)Cat owners and volunteers from a rehoming centre were given the Lexington Attachment to Pet Scale (LAPS) questionnaire to assess their level of attachment to their own or rescue cats. In addition, heart rate and blood ... -
Dogs in the criminal justice system: Consideration of facility and therapy dogs
(Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2018)It is known that the criminal justice process is most often perceived as a negative experience by victims, witnesses, as well as defendants. Whilst measures have been put into place across the globe to improve their ... -
Dogs trigger attention during Animal Assisted Intervention in prison: A preliminary study
(Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2021)Animal‑assisted interventions (AAI) seem to offer promising possibilities to prevent daily conditions of inmates (overcrowding or social isolation); however, nothing is known either about the potential ... -
Domestic cats’ reactions to their owner and an unknown individual petting a potential rival
(Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2020)Jealousy is a second-order emotion, its main function being to protect a valued relationship from a rival. A basic form of jealousy has been described in human infants, and its presence in non-human animals has recently ... -
Effects of dogs’ visits to a public exhibition
(Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2022)Outdoor activities with dogs are known to be physically and mentally beneficial to them and their owners, but less is known about their circulation in public spaces. This study aimed to understand the effects of dog‑owner ... -
Evaluating FIDO: Developing and pilot testing the Field Instantaneous Dog Observation tool
(Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2017)Field assessments of the health and welfare of kenneled dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) must be both accurate and rapid. In order to facilitate such evaluations, especially by individuals with limited training in canine ... -
Evaluation of the syndromic characterization and diagnostic criteria of the concept of anxiety in animal ethology professionals: hazardous ground temperatures when walking dogs
(Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2022)There is a wide range of reported signs for anxious patients in veterinary medicine but specific diagnostic criteria to characterize them is lacking. The objective of this study was to determine the ... -
Examining the Effects of Animal-Assisted Activities Against Standard Treatment in a University Setting
(Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2023)The wellbeing of university students has become a global issue in recent years, with the rise of students seeking help for their mental health, the demand for such services has increased ... -
Food Preference Predicts Speed of Approach on a Runway Task by Dogs
(Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2019)The effective and quick assessment of food preference is important when attempting to identify foods that might function as effective reinforcers in dogs. In the current experiment, more highly preferred foods were expected ... -
Greeting behavior between dogs in a dog park
(Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2020)I used naturalistic observations to explore patterns of greeting behavior between 58 off-leash dogs (Canis familiaris) at a dog park. Dogs greeting at a dog park entailed one or both dogs approaching, engaging in olfactory ... -
Heart rate, heart rate variability and salivary cortisol as indicators of arousal and synchrony in clients with intellectual disability, horses and therapist during equine-assisted interventions
(Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2019)The aim of the study was to analyse interaction processes in equine-assisted therapy (EAT) sessions with ten female clients in the period of emerging adulthood with intelectual disability (ID). Heart rate (HR), heart rate ... -
Impact of therapy dog visits on outpatient nurse welfare and job satisfaction
(Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2018)Interaction with a therapy dog can decrease blood pressure, heart rate, and improve heart rate variability; due to these responses, it suggests that human-animal interaction can alleviate the stress response. This study ... -
Influence of dog presence on the tolerance and evaluation of aversive stimulation
(Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2016)This study aimed to investigate the effects of the presence of a domestic dog in the evaluation and tolerance of auditory aversive stimulation. Eighteen undergraduate college students participated. We analysed the latency ... -
Influence of low stress handling during clinical visit on physiological and behavioural indicators in adult dogs: a preliminary study
(Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2017)Low stress handling techniques or “Fear Free principles” in veterinary clinics are becoming an important research area aimed at improving small animal welfare, considering that the majority of dogs who undergo clinical ...