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Could Greater Time Spent Displaying Waking Inactivity in the Home Environment Be a Marker for a Depression-Like State in the Domestic Dog?
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- Exploring the similarities between risk factors triggering depression in humans and elevated in-cage "inactive but awake" behavior in laboratory mice.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Where did my dog go? A pilot study exploring the movement ecology of farm dogs.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
- Sensor-supported measurement of adaptability of dogs (Canis familiaris) to a shelter environment: Nocturnal activity and behavior.PloS one · 2023Article
- Preliminary validation of a novel tool to assess dog welfare: The Animal Welfare Assessment Grid.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Characteristics and Welfare of Long-Term Shelter Dogs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Exploring Anhedonia in Kennelled Dogs: Could Coping Styles Affect Hedonic Preferences for Sweet and Umami Flavours?Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
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Abstract
Dogs exposed to aversive events can become inactive and unresponsive and are commonly referred to as being "depressed", but this association remains to be tested. We investigated whether shelter dogs spending greater time inactive "awake but motionless" (ABM) in their home-pen show anhedonia (the core reduction of pleasure reported in depression), as tested by reduced interest in, and consumption of, palatable food (Kong
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