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SARS-CoV-2 in animals: susceptibility of animal species, risk for animal and public health, monitoring, prevention and control
Contributor(s):: Nielsen, Soren Saxmose, Alvarez, Julio, Bicout, Dominique Joseph, Calistri, Paolo, Canali, Elisabetta, Drewe, Julian Ashley, Garin-Bastuji, Bruno, Gonzales Rojas, Jose Luis, Gortazar, Christian, Herskin, Mette, Michel, Virginie, Miranda Chueca, Miguel Angel, Padalino, Barbara, Pasquali, Paolo, Roberts, Helen Clare, Spoolder, Hans, Velarde, Antonio, Viltrop, Arvo, Winckler, Christoph, Adlhoch, Cornelia, Aznar, Inmaculada, Baldinelli, Francesca, Boklund, Anette, Broglia, Alessandro, Gerhards, Nora, Mur, Lina, Nannapaneni, Priyanka, Stahl, Karl
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No indication for SARS-CoV-2 transmission to pet ferrets, in five cities in Poland, 2021-antibody testing among ferrets living with owners infected with SARS-CoV-2 or free of infection
Contributor(s):: Kaczorek-Lukowska, Edyta, Wernike, Kerstin, Beer, Martin, Blank, Alicja, Malaczewska, Joanna, Blank, Miroslawa, Jalonicka, Anna, Siwicki, Andrzej Krzysztof
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Does 'playtime' reduce stimulus-seeking and other boredom-like behaviour in laboratory ferrets?
Contributor(s):: Burn, C. C., Raffle, J., Bizley, J. K.
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Effect of captivity and management on behaviour of the domestic ferret (Mustela putorius furo)
Contributor(s):: Talbot, Sarah, Freire, Rafael, Wassens, Skye
The domestic ferret (Mustela putorius furo) is becoming an increasingly popular companion animal in Australia and overseas yet very little is currently known about the effects of different management factors (such as housing and enrichment) on domestic ferret behaviour and welfare. Hence, the...
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The welfare of ferrets (Mustela putorius furo T): A review on the housing and management of pet ferrets
Contributor(s):: Vinke, Claudia M., Schoemaker, Nico J.
Ferrets are very agile and lively animals, and their behavioural needs are not easily met in housing conditions like our living rooms. Nevertheless, ferrets are increasingly popular as pets. The present paper aims to review and discuss the available knowledge on our pet ferret. Topics are...
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The influence of handling and exposure to a ferret on body temperature and running wheel activity of golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)
Contributor(s):: Eberli, Patrizia, Gebhardt-Henrich, Sabine G., Steiger, Andreas
In order to determine a stress response, two groups of twenty male golden hamsters were either exposed to a ferret or handled by a human. The hamsters’ body temperature and running wheel activity were measured as stress correlates. Half of the hamsters’ cages were equipped with a functional...
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Ferrets’ (Mustela putorius furo) enrichment priorities and preferences as determined in a seven-chamber consumer demand study
Contributor(s):: Reijgwart, Marsinah L., Vinke, Claudia M., Hendriksen, Coenraad F. M., van der Meer, Miriam, Schoemaker, Nico J., van Zeeland, Yvonne R. A.
Knowledge of species-specific motivation and preferences for enrichment options is necessary to put in place an appropriate enrichment plan. This knowledge is currently lacking for ferrets. Therefore, seven female ferrets were consecutively housed in a seven-chamber closed economy consumer demand...
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An explorative study on the effect of provision of preferred and non-preferred enrichment on behavioural and physiological parameters in laboratory ferrets (Mustela putorius furo)
Contributor(s):: Reijgwart, Marsinah L., Vinke, Claudia M., Hendriksen, Coenraad F. M., den Hoed, Kim M., van der Meer, Manon I., van der Meer, Miriam, Schoemaker, Nico J., van Zeeland, Yvonne R. A.
Environmental enrichment is often advocated to refine animal studies. Despite the increasing use of ferrets as an animal model in biomedical research, the knowledge on effects of the provision of enrichment on these animals is limited. Additionally, it is unknown whether varying types of...
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Workaholic ferrets: does a two-chamber consumer demand study give insight in the preferences of laboratory ferrets (Mustela putorius furo)?
| Contributor(s):: Reijgwart, M. L., Vinke, C. M., Hendriksen, C. F. M., Meer, M. van der, Schoemaker, N. J., Zeeland, Y. R. A. van
Although provision of environmental enrichment is an effective tool to refine laboratory animal experiments, it is currently unknown which enrichments ferrets prefer. This study aimed to assess the suitability of a closed economy, two-chamber consumer demand set-up to determine ferrets'...
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Are you treating all creatures great and small?
| Contributor(s):: Cope, I.
The exotic pet turning up in the waiting room of the local practice is a growing trend. Their owners expect veterinarians to be able to see and triage most species, but is this a fair expectation? Should vets be able to see and treat all creatures great and small or are those days of James...
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Less common house pets
| Contributor(s):: Chomel, B. B., Schlossberg, D.
This chapter focuses on the major health threats associated with exposure of humans to less common house pets. The viral, bacterial, parasitic and mycotic zoonoses transmitted by pet rabbits, rodents, reptiles, amphibians, ornamental aquarium fish, ferrets, bats and nonhuman primates are...
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Do Ferrets Perceive Relative Pitch?
| Contributor(s):: Yin, Pingo, Fritz, Jonathan B., Shamma, Shihab A.
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Insurance for household animals and its application to enlightening of preventive veterinary medicine - how insurance can support the human-animal bond?
| Contributor(s):: Kawarai, A.
Anicom has acquired the license of operating "Animal health insurance" from the Financial Services Agency and has now been issued the insurance policies to more than 430 thousands animals (89% dogs, 10% cats, and 1% birds/rabbits/ferrets) as at December, 2012. When animals are registered to...
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Welfare of non-traditional pets
| Contributor(s):: Schuppli, C. A., Fraser, D., Bacon, H. J.
The keeping of non-traditional or 'exotic' pets has been growing in popularity worldwide. In addition to the typical welfare challenges of keeping more traditional pet species like dogs and cats, ensuring the welfare of non-traditional pets is complicated by factors such as lack of knowledge,...
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Critter Assisted Therapy
Critter Assisted Therapy, is a service offered by Critterish Allsorts, to provide animal assisted therapy services to individual's, groups and institutions, as well as local authorities and private providers of mental health care.
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Pet travel changes - good for owners... but what about pets?
| Contributor(s):: Cooper, E.
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Animal bites
| Contributor(s):: Patronek, Gary J., Slavinski, Sally A.
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The effects of surgical and chemical castration on intermale aggression, sexual behaviour and play behaviour in the male ferret (Mustela putorius furo)
| Contributor(s):: Vinke, C. M., Deijk, R. van, Houx, B. B., Schoemaker, N. J.
The ferret (Mustela putorius furo) has become an increasingly popular pet animal, yet little is known about their behaviour and welfare. Inter- and intra-specific aggression and the intense musky scent are the two main reasons why male ferrets are normally surgically castrated. However, it is...
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Conditioned food aversion to eggs in captive-reared ferrets, Mustela furo: a test of seven potential compounds
| Contributor(s):: Norbury, G., O'Connor, C., Byrom, A.
Much of New Zealand's native fauna is threatened by introduced mammalian predators. We tested whether conditioned food aversion (i.e. avoidance of particular prey items subsequent to exposure to the same foods that contain an illness-inducing compound) could reduce consumption of birds'...
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Animal-assisted therapy in psychiatric rehabilitation
| Contributor(s):: Marr, C. A., French, L., Thompson, D., Drum, L., Greening, G., Mormon, J., Henderson, I., Hughes, C. W.
Reviews of animal-assisted therapy (AAT) research suggest the need for better controlled and designed research studies to supplement the many case studies and anecdotal reports. This study reports the results of such an investigation where sixty-nine male and female psychiatric inpatients were...
