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ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2025

A scale to measure perceived respiratory effort in dogs: the DeChant scale.

Mallory T DeChant, Alexandra Moesta, Nathaniel J Hall

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Article in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Mallory T DeChantDepartment of Animal and Food Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States.
Alexandra MoestaRoyal Canin Research and Development Center, Aimargues, France.
Nathaniel J HallDepartment of Animal and Food Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States.

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Abstract

The perceived respiratory effort (PRE) scale is a categorical psychophysical scale originally developed by Gunnar Borg and modified for numerous applications. We here propose a modification of the PRE scale with a 0-10 categorical scale for dogs, called the DeChant scale. A total of seventy-nine Labrador Retrievers were scored by video using the developed scale pre and post one of two different sprint exercise paradigms. The first exercise paradigm was 200 m in length and the second exercise paradigm was 1,200 m in length. PRE was reliably scored with an interclass correlation exceeding 0.8 for both exercise paradigms. The scale was further validated with moderate (

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categorical psychophysical scaleexercise induced hyperthermiaexercise paradigmLabrador retrieverperceived respiratory effort

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