Effect of kennel noise on hearing in dogs

Scheifele, Peter M.; Martin, Doug; Clark, John G.; Kemper, Debra; Wells, Jennifer

doi:10.2460/ajvr.73.4.482

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“…However, higher QoL scores were predicted in centres that were located in quiet areas. Quiet locations might have been less stressful for the dogs, which is concurrent with previous findings that sound pressure in dog kennels can rise to levels that are likely to be detrimental to the health and welfare of the dogs (Coppola et al, 2006;Sales et al, 1997;Scheifele et al, 2012;Tod et al, 2005).…”

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Identifying environmental and management factors that may be associated with the quality of life of kennelled dogs (Canis familiaris)

Kiddie

Collins

2015

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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Please cite this article as: Kiddie, J.L., Collins, L.M.,Identifying environmental and management factors that may be associated with the quality of life of kennelled dogs (Canis familiaris), Applied Animal Behaviour Science (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim. 2015.03.007 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. impact on the quality of life of kennelled dogs and should be considered carefully in decision-making 39 processes. However, further study may be required as grooming and exercising dogs more than once 40per day decreased quality of life scores, which are not obviously intuitive results. 41 42

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Section: Accepted Manuscript 13supporting

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Identifying environmental and management factors that may be associated with the quality of life of kennelled dogs (Canis familiaris)

Kiddie

Collins

2015

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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“…The A‐weighted dB scale was employed to facilitate comparison with the existing human and veterinary literature. The few studies that examined noise and behavior in dogs have used the A‐weighted scale . This scale approximates the response of the human ear to sound frequencies, eliminating lower and higher frequency sounds not audible to humans.…”

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Sound Pressure Levels in 2 Veterinary Intensive Care Units

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Boysen

Toy³

et al. 2015

Veterinary Internal Medicne

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BackgroundIntensive care units (ICUs) in human hospitals are consistently noisy environments with sound levels sufficient to substantially decrease sleep quality. Sound levels in veterinary ICUs have not been studied previously, but environmental sound has been shown to alter activity in healthy dogs.HypothesisVeterinary ICUs, like those in human medicine, will exceed international guidelines for hospital noise.AnimalsNA.MethodsProspective, observational study performed consecutively and simultaneously over 4 weeks in 2 veterinary ICUs. Conventional A‐weighted sound pressure levels (equivalent continuous level [a reflection of average sound], the sound level that is exceeded 90% of the recording period time [reflective of background noise], and maximum sound levels) were continuously recorded and the number of spikes in sound >80 dBA were manually counted.ResultsNoise levels were comparable to ICUs in human hospitals. The equivalent continuous sound level was higher in ICU1 than in ICU2 at every time point compared, with greatest differences observed on week day (ICU1, 60.1 ± 3.7 dBA; ICU2, 55.9 ± 2.5 dBA, P < .001) and weekend nights (ICU1, 59.9 ± 2.4 dBA; ICU2, 53.4 ± 1.7 dBA, P < .0001) reflecting a 50% difference in loudness. Similar patterns were observed for the maximum and background noise levels. The number of sound spikes was up to 4 times higher in ICU1 (162.3 ± 84.9 spikes) than in ICU2 (40.4 ± 12.2 spikes, P = .001).Conclusions and Clinical ImportanceThese findings show that sound in veterinary ICUs is loud enough to potentially disrupt sleep in critically ill veterinary patients.

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“…Hewison, Wright, Zulch, and Ellis (2014) found that the living environment had a direct effect on the individuals' behavior and probably welfare. Prolonged exposure to kennel noise has also been shown to affect dogs' hearing, and hearing damage has been suggested to affect dogs' mental readiness and ability to respond to cues (Scheifele, Martin, Clark, Kemper, & Wells, 2012). Reducing noise levels could therefore serve to increase performance through this mechanism as well.…”

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Behavioral and Cognitive Factors That Affect the Success of Scent Detection Dogs

Troisi¹,

Mills²,

Wilkinson³

et al. 2019

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Scent detection dogs are used in a variety of contexts; however, very few dogs successfully complete their training, and many others are withdrawn from service prematurely due to both detection accuracy issues in the field and wider behavioral issues. This article aims to review our understanding of the factors affecting variation in scent detection dogs' learning of the tasks and performance in the field. For this we deconstructed the scent detection task into its key behavioral elements and examined the literature relating to the factors affecting variation in the dogs' success all across their development. We first consider factors that affect individuality and individual performance, in general, such as temperament, arousal, the handler-dog relationship, training regimes, and the housing and management of scent detections dogs. We then focus on tasks specific to scent detection dogs and critically appraise relevant literature relating to the learning and performance of these tasks by dogs. This includes prenatal and early life exposure and later environment, training regime, and the human-dog relationship, as well as performance limiting factors such as the need to pant in hot environments during work.

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Effect of kennel noise on hearing in dogs

Cited by 46 publications

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Identifying environmental and management factors that may be associated with the quality of life of kennelled dogs (Canis familiaris)

Identifying environmental and management factors that may be associated with the quality of life of kennelled dogs (Canis familiaris)

Sound Pressure Levels in 2 Veterinary Intensive Care Units

Behavioral and Cognitive Factors That Affect the Success of Scent Detection Dogs

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