• Marking frequency during intraspecific socialization sessions is related to urinary cortisol levels in shelter dogs 

      Alberghina, Daniela; Pumilia, Gina; Raffo, Pierluigi; Distefano, Giuseppe; Piccione, Giuseppe; Panzera, Michele (Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2019)
      The aim of this study was to determine whether behavioural indicators such as marking frequency and whether cortisol/creatinine ratio (C/Cr) are influenced by three socialization sessions. Six adult shelter dogs were ...
    • Proposal of a customized animal welfare protocol for military kennels 

      Brioschi Soares, Brioschi Soares; Ishi, Fernanda; Vetorazzo, José Luiz; Borges Soares, Felipe; Goes Vieira, Nivea De Mattos (Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2019)
      The guarantee of animal welfare has been modernly approached in both physical and emotional aspects. The objective of this work was to propose a management protocol that maximizes animal welfare for working dogs, and that ...
    • Validation of a qualitative behaviour score during the capture phase of stray dogs 

      Menchetti, Laura; Righi, Cecilia; Guelfi, Gabriella; Enas, Claudia; Moscati, Livia; Mancini, Stefania; Diverio, Silvana (Universidad de Córdoba, Departamento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, 2019)
      There are no studies on the capture phase of stray dogs, although this can be very stressful and have a significant impact on dogs’ welfare. In this preliminary study, we propose a simple qualitative evaluation system of ...