Faculty of Health and Medical Science

Research publications

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Most recent research publications produced by researchers affiliated with the Centre for Companion Animal Welfare are listed here.

Companionship counts

Behavioural welfare indicators support that social housing benefits rabbit welfare.

Introducing new cats to multi-cat households

Cohabiting domestic cats may experience stress if there are conflicts between them.

Calling a trade-off a trade-off in arguments for cat confinement

The debate around keeping pet cats indoors is often framed as a win‑win for both wildlife and the…

Perception of dog health and attitudes towards BOAS grading among Danish owners of French bulldog

This article discusses the disease load among French bulldogs as well as a tendency to rate one's…

ATTACHMENT TO PETS

The development of a brief version of the Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale

The aim of this paper is to develop a brief version of an existing human-animal attachment scale,…

Increased use of caesarean sections in pedigree dogs

Study based on data from the Danish Kennel Club showing the prevalence of caesarean section…

ALTERNATIVE VETERINARY TREATMENTS

Cannabidiol treatment for refractory idiopathic epilepsy in dogs

Systematic literature review of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on the use of cannabidiol (CBD)…

Behavioral genetic analysis on dogs

The aim of this study is to describe personality traits in eight dog breeds using the Behaviour and…

Changes in management of owned cats in the countryside

This study investigates changes in the management of owned domestic cats (Felis catus) in a rural…

Positive animal welfare

A consensus on the definition of positive animal welfare

The paper presents a proposed definition of positive animal welfare: ‘PAW can be defined as the…