Effects of Human Presence and Voice on the Behaviour of Shelter Dogs and Cats: A Preliminary Study.
animal shelter
auditory
contact
enrichment
human–animal interaction
welfare
Journal
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
ISSN: 2076-2615
Titre abrégé: Animals (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101635614
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 Feb 2021
05 Feb 2021
Historique:
received:
21
01
2021
revised:
01
02
2021
accepted:
02
02
2021
entrez:
10
2
2021
pubmed:
11
2
2021
medline:
11
2
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Reading books to shelter animals combining auditory enrichment with human presence is increasingly used although its effects on animal welfare have not yet been investigated. This study compared the behaviour of single-housed shelter dogs and cats during a prerecorded reading condition in the absence or presence of an unfamiliar human (without direct physical contact). Fourteen dogs and twenty-one cats were observed in their enclosure in the two conditions in a counterbalanced order. Behaviours such as scratching the door, gaze direction and location in relation to the audio source/human were analysed from video recording for 10 min per condition. Dogs spent more time in their bed (
Identifiants
pubmed: 33562735
pii: ani11020406
doi: 10.3390/ani11020406
pmc: PMC7914542
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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