The health of shelter dogs and its impact on their adoption

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62157124%3A16270%2F19%3A43877745" target="_blank" >RIV/62157124:16270/19:43877745 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://vetline.de/files/smfiledata/7/5/1/0/0/4/BMTW_AOP_18040_Voslarova.pdf" target="_blank" >https://vetline.de/files/smfiledata/7/5/1/0/0/4/BMTW_AOP_18040_Voslarova.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2376/0005-9366-18040" target="_blank" >10.2376/0005-9366-18040</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The health of shelter dogs and its impact on their adoption

Original language description

The subject of this retrospective study were dogs impounded at a Czech municipal shelter over a ten-year period. While 63.4% of dogs at the monitored shelter were clinically healthy, 36.6% of dogs showed single or multiple signs of disease. Sex, size, age and purebred vs crossbred categories differed (p&lt;0.05) in terms of the frequency of clinical signs of disease. A greater prevalence of clinical signs of disease was found in males, in large dogs, in senior dogs (aged 9 years and more) and in purebred dogs. The dogs with impaired health stayed at the shelter longer (p &lt; 0.001) than dogs with no clinical signs of disease. The dogs showing multiple clinical signs stayed at the shelter longest. Their median length of stay (LOS) at the shelter was 170 days in comparison to a median LOS of 45 days in dogs with a single diagnosis and 26 days in healthy dogs. Gastrointestinal disease was the most frequent single diagnosis, followed by respiratory diseases, skin diseases and injuries. In conclusion, dogs with clinical signs of disease are at risk of long-term stay at the shelter. Targeted advertising campaigns may be needed to increase their adoption rate.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40301 - Veterinary science

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Berliner und Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift

ISSN

0005-9366

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

132

Issue of the periodical within the volume

7-8

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

325-333

UT code for WoS article

000476575600002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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