A range of public health and animal welfare problems has been shown to be associated with free-roaming Dogs. With a high density of free-roaming Dogs and with a major tourism industry, Samoan tourists are likely to be influenced by the presence of the Dogs. The tourists are mainly from the Oceanic region; with New Zealand and Australia as the biggest contributors. The aim of this study was to examine the potential impacts of Dogs on visitors to Samoa. A questionnaire was handed out to 281 visitors all over Samoa, collecting opinions and information on visitors? experiences and behaviour regarding the Samoan Dogs.

The aim of present study was to evaluate the prevalences of Sarcoptes scabiei in Thai stray Dogs. The study was performed in Pattaya, Thailand, and included 62 stray Dogs, all cross-breeds. Degree and type of skin lesions, and presence of macroscopic ectoparasites were recorded for each individual. Blood samples were collected to determine the seroprevalences of IgG-antibodies against S. scabiei with ELISA.

The aim of this study was to investigate the intraoperative surgical stress response in Dogs undergoing ovariohysterectomy and to compare acepromazine and medetomidine as premedications. 15 Dogs diagnosed with pyometra were used in this study. Blood pressure and heart rate were used as parameters to measure surgical stress response. The surgery was divided into four phases. Phase 0 was the period 10 minutes before the skin incision, phase 1 was skin incision and opening of abdomen, phase 2 was manipulation of uterine horns, ligation and transection of mesovarium and phase 3 was ligation of cervix, removal of organs and closing the abdomen. The results showed that phase 2 was the most intense phase of surgical stress, regardless of which premedication the Dogs received. When acepromazine and medetomidine were compared the results showed that within phase 3, all Dogs that were given medetomidine had higher blood pressure compared to Dogs that were given acepromazine. The Dogs that were given acepromazine had higher heart rate than the Dogs that were given medetomidine in phase 0, phase 2 and phase 3. .

AbstractThis is a study of present day Dogs with the purpose to establish a method to investigate archaeological Dogs and determine their use in the past. The study has focused on measurements of five bone elements, scapula, humerus, radius, ulna and femur. A principal component analysis has been applied in order to decide which measurements to be further used in the analysis. Different proportions have been calculated on these measurements.A test to try the method has also been done on bones of a wolf and a dog without known background. The results from the different elements are positive, and they narrow the field down to two dog types of which one is more likely to be true than the other.The final results show that, although over lapses between the four different dog groups; hunting Dogs, guard/work Dogs, sled Dogs and shepherd's Dogs exists, it is possible to distinguish different dog usage from the proportions of the bones..

People in Sweden have more and more Dogs in their care, and several of these Dogs are kept in kennels in back yards for various reasons. According to Swedish animal welfare legislations the need for social contact for Dogs has to be met. However, there are few details presented on how to meet the need and when it can be considered satisfied. Does the dog need human contact to fulfill the need, or is the company of other Dogs enough? This study aims to specify what can be acceptable when it comes to fulfilling Dogs? social needs in accordance with the Swedish animal welfare legislation.

AstraZeneca in Mölndal (AZRDM) uses beagles bred at Rååhöjdens kennel in Örkelljunga for their research purposes. The staff wishes to have mentally stable Dogs to work with, sine stress can effect the research results. The purpose of this study was to put together the testresults from Dogs delivered 2003 and 2004, to see if there is a connection between delivery age and testresult. We have also worked out a method to test if early planned handling of the Dogs makes a difference on how the Dogs later respond in a testsituation, and tried this method in a pilotstudy. The data that we have based our calculations on is 172 Dogs, divided into 108 males and 64 females. We found a significant connection between the age at delivery and the testresult in contactability for female Dogs delivered in 2003, where increasing age led to decreasing grades in the test at AZRDM. When looking at the difference in testresults between test number two at the kennel and the test at AZRDM we found a significant connection for female Dogs delivered during 2003, ie the difference takes on a more negative value with increasing age at delivery. We found a difference between the two sexes in our calculations.

It is well known that Dogs often have Helicobacter spp in their stomach. The importance of these bacteria in the development of gastrointestinal disease in Dogs is still unknown. In humans, Helicobacter pylori is a causative agent of chronic gastritis and gastric ulcers. In contrast to humans, Dogs seldom harbour naturally acquired H. pylori.

This essay is about Dogs that visit is used, whitin care of elderly. The Dogs found caretakers once a week and one hour at a time. The focus has been placed on the Dogs that go to the municipality's special accommodation and the research was done in a medium-sized municipality in Sweden. The focus of the narrowing of the work was done to the work situation for care staff to assess the impact of the visits the Dogs presence. It was distributed questionnaires answered by care staff in which it concluded their visit to the dog's presence felt and how it impacted the situation.

A group of diseases that affect the dog?s sight is progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) a disease that means that the photoreceptors in the retina of the eye either not develop normally or undergo degeneration and thereby causes vision loss and blindness. The disease affects many different breeds and is inherited. What have been shown is that it is different genes that had become mutated in the different breeds, this conclude that despite similar clinical symptoms, the underlying reason could be different. Also the genes that are mutated in Dogs and give rise to diseases also exists in humans.

Due to progresses constantly being made in veterinary medicine combined with increasing knowledge in pet owners, the Dogs of today gets older than before. The population of geriatric Dogs is there for constantly growing, which makes them an important group of patients on small animal clinics and hospitals. As Dogs age, so do their interior organs. Geriatric Dogs are prone to several diseases and in this text the author has decided to focus on three of the most common: Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome (CDS), cancer and osteoarthritis (AO). All of these illnesses are incurable in Dogs, but it is important to remember that they are still treatable.

Steroid-responsive meningitis-arteritis (SRMA) is a common form of meningitis in Dogs. The condition is immunopathological, but the etiology is not yet fully understood. The aim of this study was to compile facts about the disease from records of Swedish Dogs. The owners were interviewed by telephone for follow up where it was possible. 15 Dogs were included in the study. All of them were neurologically examined in the Small Animal Clinic at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

?Tollarsjuka? is a disease with a suspected immunopathological background seen in Nova Scotia duck tolling retrievers. Pyrexia, lameness, stiffness and joint- or musclepain are typical clinical signs. The purpose of this study is to describe case histories from Dogs with a possible evidence of ?tollarsjuka?. 18 private Dogs were included in this report. Generalised stiffness, lameness and fatigue were the most frequent manifestations of the disease.

The invasive species raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) is currently under establishment Sweden and it is vital to discover invading individuals to prevent colonization. The use of wildlife cameras to discover dispersing raccoon Dogs have been implemented in the north-European raccoon dog management program. In this study, I test the ability of four commercially available scent lures to attract raccoon Dogs to camera stations. The study was conducted in the Åland Islands where raccoon Dogs are abundant and the results could improve the effectiveness of the camera stations used in the program. I used 12 sites with five camera stations in each and tested the four lures and one control with no lure in each site.

Immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia (IMHA) is an immune-mediated destruction of erythrocytes and is one of the most common haematological diseases diagnosed in Dogs. The haemolysis is a type II immunoreaction and is initiated by IgG or IgM antibodies or complements. This retrospective study includes 63 Dogs suffering from primary IMHA. The study was based on information from records from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences in Uppsala and from the Animal Hospital in Strömsholm. The aim of the study was to evaluate the progress of the disease, treatment and the prognostic factors in different breeds, gender and age. Following criteria were used for the Dogs to be allowed in the study: the Dogs were diagnosed with anaemia, the anaemia was regenerative and autoagglutination and/or spherocytes were seen in the blood. About 50 % of the Dogs in the study were diagnosed with IMHA within 2-6 years of age. Wire-haired dachshund was remarkably one of the most common breeds in this study together with Cocker and Springer spaniel.

Today's research on animal assisted interventions (AAI) has focused on the positive effects on humans. Dogs used for AAI are an expanding market, but the research on this area hasn't followed the increasing use. The few studies on Dogs in this field mostly observed their cortisol-levels and are very ambiguous. I have observed the behaviour of Dogs working with AAI compared to when they are off-duty to see how they are affected by their work. Their handlers where also told to make an assessment of the dog's emotions during the session.