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Eliminative Behavior, Animal
Cerebellum (8)3 2009
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We have systematized the spatio-temporal gene expression profiles during mouse cerebellar development in the Cerebellar Development Transcriptome Database (CDT-DB). Using the CDT-DB, Ca(2+)-dependent activator protein for secretion 2 (CAPS2 or CADPS2) was identified as a developmentally regulated ge...
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PMID: 19238500
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Physical examination did not detect any palpable testes within the scrotum; however, spines were detected on the penis. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed a mass in the region of the right adrenal gland. Results of adrenal hormonal analyses revealed considerable increases in serum concentrations of...
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PMID: 19222361
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Risk factors of dog relinquishment regarding canine behavior problem in South Korea was evaluated using the survey with 'Canine behavior problems and relinquishment'. The information of various factors regarding demonstration of the 5 common behavior problems'excessive barking: 'destructiveness, 'ex...
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PMID: 19226929
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Overall, 1,361 of 2,624 (51.9%) dogs and cats had health problems 1 week after adoption, and 239 of 2,312 (10.3%) had a health problem 1 month after adoption. The most common health problem for dogs and cats was respiratory tract disease. A total of 1,630 of 2,689 (60.6%) respondents had taken their...
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PMID: 19046028
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There are many common issues that owners find problematic with their puppy's or kitten's behavior, such as eliminating in inappropriate locations, chewing, mouthing, growling, and biting. Many of these issues can be prevented or managed by helping owners understand normal canine and feline behavior...
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PMID: 18672149
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Anxieties and fears play a large role in some of the more common feline behavior problems. The interaction between emotions and stress is complex but pertinent to the field of veterinary medicine, given the physical and emotional consequences of stress in animals. By thinking of behavior "problems"...
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PMID: 18672154
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Behavior problems are among the most common concerns for veterinary clients, and veterinarians need to be comfortable diagnosing and treating these conditions. Knowledge of animal behavior by veterinarians is critical for effective treatment of behavior problems, recognition and diagnosis of medical...
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PMID: 18672147
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In urban areas, there may be a high local risk of zoonosis due to high densities of stray cat populations. In this study, soil contamination by oocysts of Toxoplasma gondii was searched for, and its spatial distribution was analysed in relation to defecation behaviour of cats living in a high-densit...
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PMID: 18325523
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The authors examined pre- and postpartum open-field (OF) behavior and maternal responsiveness in mice that they bidirectionally selected for OF thigmotaxis. The authors tested 40 female mice under 3 conditions: prepartum OF, postpartum OF, and a pup retrieval test. In both OF conditions, the high OF...
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PMID: 18318407
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Tijdschrift voor diergeneeskunde (132)21 2007
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Decreasing litter box odor may be an important treatment component in addressing feline inappropriate elimination. A three-phase study was conducted to determine if the use of Zero Odor litter box spray increases the preference of litter boxes to cats, presumably by its odor-eliminating quality. In...
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PMID: 17049291
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Compendium (Yardley, PA) (29)1 2007
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The caseload decreased over the course of the study. Aggression toward people increased, and spraying decreased. Cases involving Siamese cats decreased over time. Siamese cats were evaluated more often than expected in general and specifically for aggression and ingestive behavior problems, whereas...
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PMID: 17107316
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Preventive Veterinary Medicine (77)1-2 2006
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We found an inverse association between age of the dog at acquisition and risk of unsuccessful dog ownership: the younger the dog at acquisition the higher the risk. The incidence-proportion ratios (IPRs) of unsuccessful dog ownership for the owners who had a history of pet abandonment or losing a p...
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PMID: 16887222
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Journal of Neuroscience (26)42 2006
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We determined that vasopressin acted via vasopressin 1a (V1a), but not V1b, V2, or oxytocin receptors, whereas tachykinins acted via neurokinin 1 (NK1), but not NK2 or NK3, receptors. Vasopressin acted by enhancing a nonselective cationic conductance; in some motoneurons, it also probably suppressed...
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PMID: 17050711
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Litter box location did not differ between cats with and without elimination behavior problems. An inverse correlation was found between time spent sniffing and the distance of the litter box from the central core area. Cats with elimination problems spent significantly less time digging at the litt...
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PMID: 16948592
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Physiology & Behavior (87)1 2006
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Correlations between meal size and inter-meal intervals as a characteristic of ingestive behavior are generally calculated utilizing Pearson's correlation coefficient. However, this commonly used method may exhibit disadvantages and methodological problems when dealing with dependent time series. Al...
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PMID: 16253295
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Entomology (51) 2006
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Whereas foraging has been a major focus of ecological and entomological research, its obligate partner, defecation, has been comparatively neglected. Insects exhibit a range of intriguing behavioral and morphological adaptations related to waste disposal in a range of contexts, including predator-pr...
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PMID: 16332226
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Journal of Neuroscience (25)2 2005
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We studied how the nervous system selects between noxious stimulus-evoked withdrawals and micturition, movements that are necessary for survival but use overlapping muscles and therefore cannot occur simultaneously. In lightly anesthetized rats, micturition was favored, because noxious stimulation n...
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PMID: 15647481
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Synthetic feline facial pheromone (FFP) (Feliway; Ceva Animal Health) was assessed for the management of cats with recurrent feline idiopathic cystitis (FIC). Nine of 12 cats completed the randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, crossover pilot study. They had their environment treated daily...
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PMID: 15135349
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In the month following adoption, 64 (50.8%) kittens were reported to have at least 1 of the 3 behaviors. There was no evidence that the 3 behaviors were related. The percentage of kittens reported to urinate or defecate outside the litter box decreased from the first to second evaluation and remaine...
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PMID: 15198263
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Animal behavior case of the month. Urine spraying and inappropriate urination for the past 10 years.
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The results of long-term administration of leuprolide acetate (LA) depot in a 52-yr-old Asian elephant bull (Elephas maximus) for control of musth are presented. Twelve injections were administered for 6 yr during our interpretation of early musth or "premusth." Intervals between musth periods durin...
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PMID: 15193077
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Feline elimination problems are the leading behavioral complaint of cat owners. When presented with a feline elimination problem there are three main diagnostic categories: medical problems, marking or toileting problems. It is important to first perform diagnostic tests to rule out and/or address u...
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PMID: 15123161
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A prospective study was performed to determine the relative availability of buspirone and amitriptyline after oral and transdermal routes of administration in 6 adult cats. For topical administration, drugs were compounded in a transdermal organogel containing pluronic and lecithin (PLO). Using a cr...
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PMID: 14765730
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With regard to variables measured via urinalysis, there were no differences between male and female cats within either group. Among cats with urine-marking behavior, there were no differences between those that only marked vertically and those that marked vertically and horizontally. Analyses of dat...
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PMID: 12930082
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Pheromonotherapy seems to be a new therapeutic approach allowing practitioners to tackle the treatment of behavioral disorders in a natural, specific, and safe way. Although the efficacy of pheromones has been assessed in some specific behavioral problems, it seems that their range of action could c...
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PMID: 12701508
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We learn more about genomic, cellular, and subcellular effects on common conditions. These changes should lead to better treatment but may also require a paradigm shift in how we view behavioral conditions and the mechanisms that contribute to them....
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PMID: 12701509
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Although challenging at times, managing cats with elimination issues can be rewarding. The frustration in management of these cases is often a result of the lack of a proper diagnosis and random treatment application. A systematic approach to these cases should help to achieve treatment success. Als...
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PMID: 12701513
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Almost a third of veterinarians did not seem to correctly distinguish between urine marking (spraying) and inappropriate urination. Those that did make this diagnostic distinction reported recommending environmental management and prescribing medication significantly more often that those that did n...
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PMID: 12418693
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Behavior problems triggered by separation anxiety included inappropriate urination (96 cats), inappropriate defecation (48), excessive vocalization (16), destructiveness (12), and psychogenic grooming (8). Inappropriate defecation was identified in a significantly higher percentage of the neutered f...
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PMID: 12420782
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Journal of Parasitology (88)1 2002
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Baylisascaris procyonis is the common intestinal nematode of the raccoon and is well-recognized as a cause of visceral, ocular, and neural larva migrans in many species of wild and domestic birds and mammals, including humans. To develop data on the prevalence of B. procyonis in Orange County, Calif...
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PMID: 12053964
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Urination and defecation outside the litter box is one of the most common behavior problems reported by cat caretakers and the most common behavioral reason that results in the relinquishment of cats to shelters. A physical examination, laboratory tests, and a thorough behavioral history are necessa...
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PMID: 16221080
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Male cats and cats from multicat households were significantly overrepresented, compared with the general pet cat population in California. The most commonly mentioned causative factors for urine marking were agonistic interactions with other cats outside or inside the home. Environmental management...
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PMID: 11767919
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These results suggest that this pheromone treatment is as effective in Japan as has been reported in other countries for solving feline urine marking problems....
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PMID: 11258451
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Folia Primatologica (72)5 2001
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The scent-marking behaviour of sympatric moustached, Saguinus mystax, and saddle-back tamarins, Saguinus fuscicollis, was compared in order to explore interspecific differences and potential sources of variation. The author examined basic patterns of scent marking (types, intensity, complexity), sub...
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PMID: 11805422
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Odorous waste products such as urine and faeces are unavoidable for most animals and are widely exploited by predators and their prey. Consequently, waste accumulations can be risky and prey which increase their mobility in order to disperse and dilute their waste should avoid a high predation risk...
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PMID: 11467424
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Veterinary Record (147)26 2000
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It was estimated that approximately 224,000 dogs and cats were euthanatized annually in small animal veterinary practices in the United States because of behavior problems. Although veterinarians seemed unwilling to euthanatize animals for behavior problems solely on the basis of a client's request,...
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PMID: 14567423
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Our data indicate that this cycle is regulated by periodic calcium release mediated by the inositol trisphosphate receptor (IP3 receptor). Mutations in the IP3 receptor slow down or eliminate the cycle, while overexpression speeds up the cycle. The IP3 receptor controls these periodic muscle contrac...
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PMID: 10499793
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Physiology & Behavior (67)2 1999
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In this study, the effect of the exposure of male mice to sensory stimuli from rats was assessed on both sucrose intake and the elevated plus-maze tests. CDl male mice were trained in the sucrose intake task (the prestress phase) and, subsequently, distributed into two groups. The stressed group was...
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PMID: 10477049
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Physiology & Behavior (66)3 1999
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The aim of the present study was to analyze the respective roles of main and accessory olfactory systems in a particular pattern of Wistar rat maternal behavior: specific licking of pup's anogenital areas, a behavioral pattern crucial to pup survival--nonlicked pups cannot defecate, and die. Dodecyl...
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PMID: 10357431
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These results suggest that correct house training, behavior modification involving positive reinforcement, and appropriate punishment are essential to diminish house-soiling problems in dogs....
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PMID: 10102176
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Cases involving inappropriate elimination can be treated successfully through careful diagnosis, identification of causative factors, and development of an appropriate treatment plan. Veterinarians can provide a valuable service to their clients through case workups, educational information, and tim...
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PMID: 9170636
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Pigs of all kinds can be enjoyable, charming pets, but the reduced size of the Vietnamese potbellied pig makes it an excellent choice for a porcine pet. Their curious, almost childlike behavior, as well as their adaptability and ease of learning, can make them a real pleasure and a great challenge t...
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PMID: 9170640
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Physiology & Behavior (61)1 1997
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Two indicators of nocturnal digestive activity were identified in pigeons. Experiment 1 showed that a sizable amount of food empties from the crop while pigeons are inactive during the night. Experiment 2 showed that the number and volume of cloacal droppings during the night were directly related t...
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PMID: 8976537
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Chlorpyrifos (CPF), a widely used organophosphate insecticide, was screened for neurotoxic effects in Fischer 344 rats using United States Environmental Protection Agency 1991 guidelines for single-dose and 13-wk repeated dose studies. The studies emphasized a functional observational battery (which...
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PMID: 8641666
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Life Sciences (58)8 1996
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Adult rat offspring earlier exposed to maternally ingested caffeine during both gestation and lactation were observed in an open field following acute administration of diazepam or cyclohexyladenosine. While both drugs reduced measures of locomotion and emotional reactivity, caffeine-exposed rats sh...
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PMID: 8594320
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Physiology & Behavior (58)1 1995
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We have monitored parturition and different behavioral rhythms of does, the activity of suckling pups and behavioral rhythms of rabbits after weaning until adulthood. All animals were living in continuous light conditions (LL). As a consequence of the free-run of the does parturition, which takes pl...
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PMID: 7667410
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Physiology & Behavior (58)1 1995
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Previous studies have found that defecation increases in rats exposed to intermittent schedules of food delivery. In the present study, food-deprived pigeons were exposed to fixed-time 30-, 60-, 120-, and 240-s schedules of food delivery. For the subjects as a group, significantly more defecation (i...
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PMID: 7667421
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Physiology & Behavior (55)6 1994
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Several parameters associated with maternal behavior were quantified under laboratory conditions in New Zealand white rabbits. Digging behavior appeared earliest (8-6 days prepartum), its decline preceding the onset of straw carrying (3-1 days prepartum). Hair pulling consummated the construction of...
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PMID: 8047575
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Veterinary Quarterly (16 Suppl 1) 1994
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Zentralblatt für Chirurgie (119)12 1994
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In a series of experimental studies on rat behavior following reconstructive surgery after gastrectomy the effects of Roux-Y-Pouch-technique (RY-P) as compared to Roux-Y (RY) alone were observed. 12 rats with RY-P and 13 rats with RY were tested on days 100-105 post surgery using the Open-Field-test...
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PMID: 7846975
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