ArticleJournal of feline medicine and surgery2022
Evaluation of music therapy to reduce stress in hospitalized cats.
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- Effects of a Single Oral Dose of Imepitoin on Veterinary Visit-Related Stress in Cats: An Open-Label Pilot Study.Veterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Intraoperative Music During General Anaesthesia in Dogs Undergoing Elective Ovariohysterectomy: A Prospective, Double-Blinded Randomized Exploratory Study.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Proposed Physiological and Neurobiological Mechanisms of Music's Effect, with a Focus on the Perioperative Period: Literature Evidence from Human, Canine and Feline Medicine.Veterinary sciences · 2025Review
- Music as a perioperative, non-pharmacological intervention in veterinary medicine. Establishing a feasible framework for music implementation and future perspectives with a focus on the perioperative period of dogs and cats.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- Use of Gabapentin or Alprazolam in Cats during Postoperative, Short-Term Hospitalization.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- 2022 ISFM/AAFP Cat Friendly Veterinary Environment Guidelines.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2022Article
- First study on stress evaluation and reduction in hospitalized cats after neutering surgery.Veterinary world · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis study aimed to evaluate the use of two different types of music - cat-specific music and classical music - compared with no music, to reduce stress in cats during hospitalization.
methodsThirty-five hospitalized cats were randomly divided into three groups and each group received a different stimulus - cat-specific music, classical music or no music (control) - throughout their hospitalization. Respiratory rate, salivary cortisol and social interaction were documented. A blinded researcher performed the Cat Stress Score (CSS) during the video analysis of recordings at five specific times over 31 h of hospitalization.
resultsThere was no difference in the mean CSS between cats listening to cat-specific music, classical music and control throughout the five evaluations. Cat-specific music had a higher percentage of positive social interactions than the other groups on the first evaluation ( CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Both cat-specific music and classical music seem to have some benefit to hospitalized cats. The salivary cortisol analysis was not adequate nor useful to measure stress in hospitalized cats in our study.
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