التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Nocturnal activity as a useful indicator of adaptability of dogs in an animal shelter and after subsequent adoption |
| المؤلفون: |
van der Laan, Janneke, Vinke, Claudia Maureen, Arndt, Saskia |
| المساهمون: |
AISS Animal Behaviour |
| سنة النشر: |
2023 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
animal welfare, shelter dogs, animal behaviour, stress, General |
| الوصف: |
Dogs in shelters are faced with the challenge of adapting to a kennel after relinquishment and to a novel home after adoption. To measure adaptability of dogs, more feasible behavioural and physiological parameters need to be validated in different contexts. To evaluate nocturnal activity as an indicator of adaptability, we compared nocturnal activity, urinary cortisol:creatinine ratio (UCCR), and body weight changes of sheltered dogs the first period after intake in the shelter and after adoption. Nocturnal activity and UCCRs were significantly lower the first days after adoption than in the shelter. After adoption, nocturnal activity was significantly lower on night 2 than night 1, but not on night 3 and 4, suggesting a form of ‘rebound of resting’ during night 2 in the new home. UCCRs significantly decreased 7 days after adoption. Body weight decreased in the shelter but increased again after adoption. These findings suggest that overall, dogs rest better in a novel home than in a novel shelter but, in both contexts, some form of adaptation takes place. Nocturnal activity measured by an accelerometer differentiated well between shelter and home environments, and corresponded to UCCR responses, which supports usefulness of the method to monitor canine adaptability to novel environments. |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: |
application/pdf |
| اللغة: |
English |
| تدمد: |
2045-2322 |
| Relation: |
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/433142 |
| الاتاحة: |
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/433142 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.E7FC7743 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
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