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Consensus Statement on Animals' Relationship with Pediatric Oncohematological Patients, on Behalf of Infectious Diseases and Nurse Working Groups of the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
| Contributor(s):: Fiumana, G., Botta, D., Dalla Porta, M. F., Macchi, S., Soncini, E., Santaniello, A., Paciello, O., Amicucci, M., Cellini, M., Cesaro, S.
Contact with animals in pediatric oncohematologic patients is associated with many benefits, but the risk of contracting zoonoses, even if low, must be considered by clinicians. In order to assess the awareness about this topic, we surveyed the Italian pediatric oncohematology centers, which...
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The Use of Chemotherapy to Prolong the Life of Dogs Suffering from Cancer: The Ethical Dilemma
| Contributor(s):: Tanya Stephens
Despite the emergence some years ago of oncology as a veterinary specialty, there has been very little in the way of ethical debate on the use of chemotherapy in dogs. The purpose of this article is to undertake an ethical analysis to critically examine the use of chemotherapy to prolong the...
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Efeitos secundários da quimioterapia antineoplásica e seu impacto na qualidade de vida em cães e gatos com doença oncológica
| Contributor(s):: Pedro de Sousa Dâmaso da Silveira
Em Medicina Veterinária, a crescente prevalência de doenças neoplásicas vem provocar um aumento exponencial da realização de quimioterapia antineoplásica em cães e gatos. O uso de fármacos antineoplásicos está,...
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Factors Which Influence Owners When Deciding to Use Chemotherapy in Terminally Ill Pets
| Contributor(s):: Jane Williams, Catherine Phillips, Hollie Marie Byrd
Chemotherapy is a commonly integrated treatment option within human and animal oncology regimes. Limited research has investigated pet owners’ treatment decision-making in animals diagnosed with malignant neoplasia. Dog and cat owners were asked to complete an online questionnaire to...
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Beneficial effects of animal assisted visits on quality of life during multi-modal radiation therapy–chemotherapy regimens.
| Contributor(s):: Fleishman, Stewart, Homel, Peter, Rosenwald, Victoria, Chen, Maurice, Abolencia, Victoria, Gerber, Juliet, Nadesan, Sanjay
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Pain detection and amelioration in animals on the farm: issues and options
| Contributor(s):: Anil, L., Anil, S. S., Deen, J.
Pain in nonhuman animals is a difficult concept to identify and measure. This article briefly describes the consequences of pain in animals on the farm and explains the reasons for the minimal use of analgesics in farmed animals. Pain can have implications for both animal welfare and economics....
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Clinical Trial Shows Benefits of Animal-Assisted Therapy in Adult Cancer Patients Undergoing Complex Cancer Treatment with Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy
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Therapy dogs may improve the emotional well-being of some cancer patients, according to results of a clinical study, the first to document the benefits of animal-assisted therapy in adult cancer...
https://habricentral.org/forum/general-discussion/hcdiscussions/412
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Canine separation anxiety
| Contributor(s):: Reisner, I.
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Pet owning, and diabetes coping: a pilot study
| Contributor(s):: Zugravu, C. A., Tarcea, M., Patrascu, D.
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The epidemiology of behavioural problems in dogs and cats: a survey of veterinary practitioners
| Contributor(s):: Fatjo, J., Ruiz-de-la-Torre, J. L., Manteca, X.
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A placebo-controlled study to investigate the effect of Dog Appeasing Pheromone and other environmental and management factors on the reports of disturbance and house soiling during the night in recently adopted puppies (Canis familiaris)
| Contributor(s):: Taylor, K., Mills, D. S.
Disturbance and house soiling during the night are common problems faced by the new puppy dog owner. They may result as consequence of a mismatch between the developmental status of the puppy and its new environment and/or separation distress in a typically social animal. The aim of this study...
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An evaluation of serum prolactin in anxious dogs and response to treatment with selegiline or fluoxetine
| Contributor(s):: Pageat, P., Lafont, C., Falewee, C., Bonnafous, L., Gaultier, E., Silliart, B.
Defining objective, reproducible and standardized parameters for the evaluation of patients is one of the main academic focuses of veterinary behaviour medicine. Prolactin, a peptidic neurohormone and a cytokine, whose main regulator is dopamine, seems to be of particular interest in relation to...
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Intercat aggression: a retrospective study examining types of aggression, sexes of fighting pairs, and effectiveness of treatment
| Contributor(s):: Lindell, E. M., Erb, H. N., Houpt, K. A.
48 cases of intercat aggression, presented to the Animal Behaviour Clinic at New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University between 1988 and 1994, were examined retrospectively. Clients were contacted by telephone so that the outcome of the treatment programme could be...
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Treatment of separation anxiety in dogs with clomipramine: results from a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, multicenter clinical trial
| Contributor(s):: King, J. N., Simpson, B. S., Overall, K. L., Appleby, D., Pageat, P., Ross, C., Chaurand, J. P., Heath, S., Beata, C., Weiss, A. B., Muller, G., Paris, T., Bataille, B. G., Parker, J., Petit, S., Wren, J.
The efficacy and tolerability of clomipramine in the treatment of separation anxiety in dogs was tested in a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, international multicentre clinical trial. For a diagnosis of separation anxiety, dogs had to exhibit at least one...
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Veterinary behavioural medicine. Selected papers presented at the 5th Biennial International Conference on Veterinary Behavioural Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 14-16 July 2005
| Contributor(s):: Mills, D., Landsberg, G.
This issue contains papers on normal behaviour and behavioural problems of dogs and approaches on how to manage these problems, including training and drug therapy.
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Canine dominance-associated aggression: concepts, incidence, and treatment in a private behavior practice
| Contributor(s):: Cameron, D. B.
A review of 35 dominance-associated aggression (DA) cases presented to a small, private, behaviour-only veterinary practice revealed that attention addiction was the most commonly associated (66
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'Complementary' care eases chemotherapy experience
| Contributor(s):: Ince, S.
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Findings
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Euthanasia and quality of life
| Contributor(s):: Rollin, B. E.
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Diagnosis and treatement methods in separation anxiety in dogs
| Contributor(s):: Asztalos, L., Papuc, I., Lazar, I.
A group of 60 dogs from different races, ages and genders in Romania were studied [date not given]. We used clinical and semiological methods and a paraclinical test for the diagnosis of separation anxiety, but the most important and relevant information were the anamnetic dates that the owners...
