ReviewJournal of feline medicine and surgery2018
Recognising and assessing feline emotions during the consultation: History, body language and behaviour.
Review in Journal of feline medicine and surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Perception of stress in cats by German cat owners and influencing factors regarding veterinary care.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2022Article
- Development of an ethogram/guide for identifying feline emotions: a new approach to feline interactions and welfare assessment in practice.Irish veterinary journal · 2021Article
- The role of cat eye narrowing movements in cat-human communication.Scientific reports · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Practical relevance: Crucial to successful treatment of problem behaviour and optimising the welfare of the individual cat is determining which underpinning emotion(s) are involved in the presentation of the behaviour. Feline emotions are not feelings per se, but motivational-emotional systems that are responsible for instinctual emotional arousal. Often different interventions are required to alleviate different negative emotional motivations. Clinical challenges: Identifying different emotional motivations and the arousal level associated with them solely from observations of behaviour and body language is a difficult task because, as with any species, the behavioural repertoire of the domestic cat is finite and the same behaviour may occur with the activation of different emotional systems. In addition, cats, like people, may experience more than one emotion at the same time or switch quickly between emotional motivations, and this further complicates identification. The behavioural assessment of pain is also notoriously difficult in cats. Evidence base: This review draws on the published literature where available and, where there is a paucity of research, on hypotheses derived from observations of professionals in the field. Global importance: Being able to recognise and assess feline emotional motivations in order to address problem behaviours and improve welfare is important for all veterinarians who see cats.
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