UVMP in Košice - Workplace of Applied Ethology and Professional Ethics

Our team would be very grateful if you could take the time to complete/share the survey dealing with canine stress and welfare. Thanks a lot! 🙂

Welfare in practice: Stress in dogs during veterinary consultations Hello! My name is Laurine Martin, and I am a student of veterinary medicine. My thesis is about “Welfare in Practice: Stress in Dogs During Veterinary Consultations”. The purpose of this questionnaire is to evaluate the experiences of the owners with canine stress during veterinary consultations...

🐶NEW PUBLICATION🐶
We start the year 2024 with a publication, this time in the journal Applied Animal Behavior Science, on the topic "Aging canine companions". We congratulate our colleagues on the successful publication! Wish you a pleasant reading! 😊

Ageing canine companions: Most common manifestations and the impact of selected factors Commonly observed signs of ageing, which owners frequently misattribute as normal ageing, can have an impact on a dog's welfare. This study aimed to a…

👉New publication!!!👈
We are proud to announce our new article that was published a few days ago in the Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. Congratulations to the authors, and enjoy the reading!

Decision-Making and Moral Distress in Veterinary Practice: What Can be Done to Optimize Welfare within the Veterinary Profession? Abstract Veterinarians stand in many contradictory positions, such as moral and ethical representatives of animals and their welfare and the clinic owner, which makes income for them and their families. The article will look at factors in decision-making significantly impacting veterinary profession...

To learn something new about the cats' playing, read the just-released paper by our former PhD student Noema and team.

Are These Cats Playing? A Closer Look at Social Play in Cats and Proposal for a Psychobiological Approach and Standard Terminology Play in domestic cats has been largely studied using a contextual approach, i.e., with a focus on what the cat is playing with, such as an object, itself or another cat. Such classification may be superficially attractive scientifically but it limits the ability to investigate function. We propose c...

👉Our publication👈
We are proud to announce a new article of our team published in the journal Folia Veterinaria, with the topic - evaluation of stress in police horses using a method of eye movement monitoring. Congratulations to the authors and enjoy the reading :)

Monitoring of Stress in Police Horses Abstract Every year, police horses undergo police training focused on passing difficult obstacles, during which their physical and mental abilities are tested. Using a method of eye movement monitoring, specifically eye blinking and eyelid twitching, we estimated if the training of horses was stress...

Dog and cat owners,
please participate in our research on obesity and its impact on animal welfare.

The link between obesity and welfare in companion animals: Questionnaire for dog and cat owners Obesity has become a One Health problem and pet animals are just as affected as humans. The difference is that the owners of pets are the ones to decide what their pet eats and how much they exercise. In many ways, we are responsible for the welfare of our animals. The link between obesity and welfa...

👉NEW PUBLICATION OF OUR TEAM👈

We proudly announce that our new article about the legal, ethical, and behavioral aspects of the tethering of dogs in Slovakia has been recently published in the journal ANIMALS!

Dog Tethering in Slovakia: Legal, Ethical and Behavioral Aspects and Dog Welfare Implications Long-term tethering of dogs, or their keeping under unsuitable conditions can result in issues related to changes in their behavior as they may not satisfy their basic needs of life. These needs are discussed in this paper, along with cases when dogs unnecessarily have to endure cruelty and pain. Th...

BAD WITH STRANGERS OR OTHER DOGS? OVER SOCIALIZATION COULD BE TO BLAME. https://www.couchwolves.com/articles/over-socialization-could-be-to-blame?fbclid=IwAR1682HDIO2wZ5l19E8PhzgNWaq2WGR2-IA2fHXNmPZoj3nGJtZf9EuimuA

Bad with Strangers or Other Dogs? Over Socialization Could Be To Blame — Couch Wolves Poor socialization can be just as bad if not worse than limited socialization.