Could Greater Time Spent Displaying Waking Inactivity in the Home Environment Be a Marker for a Depression-Like State in the Domestic Dog?

Could Greater Time Spent Displaying Waking Inactivity in the Home Environment Be a Marker for a Depression-Like State in the Domestic Dog?

Dogs exposed to aversive events can become inactive and unresponsive and are commonly referred to as being “depressed”, but this association remains to be tested. We investigated whether shelter dogs spending greater time inactive “awake but motionless” (ABM) in their home-pen show anhedonia (the co...

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Main Authors: Naomi D. Harvey, Alexandra Moesta, Sarah Kappel, Chanakarn Wongsaengchan, Hannah Harris, Peter J. Craigon, Carole Fureix
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-07-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
kennelled dog
depression-like state
waking inactivity
anhedonia
affective-state
qualitative behaviour assessment
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/7/420

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