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Welfare Impacts of Long-Distance Transfer of Shelter Animals
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Welfare Impacts of Long-Distance Transfer of Shelter Animals

A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Welfare".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2021) | Viewed by 6028

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Alexandra Protopopova

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Animal Welfare Program, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
Interests: animal behaviour; animal welfare; companion animal; animal sheltering; behaviour analysis
Dr. Karen van Haaften

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Guest Editor
British Columbia SPCA, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Interests: animal welfare; animal behaviour; animal sheltering; psychopharmacology; companion animal

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The transportation of companion animals across long distances and international borders has become common practice for sheltering and rescue operations. However, information about how companion animal transfer affects animal welfare and disease transmission is currently sparse. This Special Issue invites research contributions on the following topics:

  1. Quantitative and qualitative information on companion animal transfer practices and attitudes.
  2. Animal welfare and behaviour assessment tools for companion animals pre-, during or post-transfer.
  3. Risk and cost/benefit analyses of transfer practices.
  4. Interventional studies to improve welfare during or post-transfer.
  5. Companion animal infectious disease concerns with long-distance transport and/or importation.
  6. Behavioural concerns and welfare of companion animals involved in long-distance transport and/or importation.
Dr. Alexandra Protopopova
Dr. Karen van Haaften
Guest Editors

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Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Animals is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • animal welfare
  • behavioural coping
  • companion animals
  • importation
  • long-distance transport
  • infectious disease risk

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Incidence and Predictors of Canine Parvovirus Diagnoses in Puppies Relocated for Adoption
by Brian A. DiGangi, Cathlin Craver and Emily D. Dolan
Animals 2021, 11(4), 1064; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11041064 - 9 Apr 2021
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Animal relocation programs seek to balance the animal population and resources between source and destination communities to promote positive outcomes, though little objective evidence has been reported on their physical and behavioral implications. The objective of the current report is to describe the [...] Read more.
Animal relocation programs seek to balance the animal population and resources between source and destination communities to promote positive outcomes, though little objective evidence has been reported on their physical and behavioral implications. The objective of the current report is to describe the incidence and predictors of canine parvovirus (CPV) diagnoses in 8- to 19-week-old puppies reported by destination shelters participating in a large scale, long-distance, structured animal relocation program. The incidence of post-transport CPV diagnoses in the study population of 4088 puppies was 2.3%. The number of pre-transport vaccinations, length of stay at the source shelter, and time between pre-transport vaccination and transport was not associated with the expected difference in count of post-transport CPV diagnoses (p > 0.05), and was lower in those 13–17 weeks of age (IRR = 0.08, 95% CI = 0.02–0.34, p = 0.001), 18–19 weeks of age (IRR = 0.11, 95% CI = 0.02–0.80, p = 0.029), transferred in to the source shelter (IRR = 0.31, 95% CI = 0.10–0.96, p = 0.043), and transported in the summer season (IRR = 0.07, 95% CI = 0.01–0.53, p = 0.010). When basic biosecurity practices and vaccination protocols were in place, post-transport CPV cases in puppies were few, suggesting that the timing of transport should take into account factors other than the number or timing of pre-transport vaccinations. Full article
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Impact of the Timing of Spay-Neuter Related to Transport on Disease Rates in Relocated Dogs
by Erin Doyle, Maya Gupta, Miranda Spindel, Emily D. Dolan, Margaret R. Slater and Stephanie Janeczko
Animals 2020, 10(4), 630; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10040630 - 6 Apr 2020
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Companion animal relocation programs are an important method to address geographic and resource disparities in pet overpopulation through transport from areas with high homeless pet populations to areas with high adopter demand. Despite mitigation by following best practices, a potential risk of animal [...] Read more.
Companion animal relocation programs are an important method to address geographic and resource disparities in pet overpopulation through transport from areas with high homeless pet populations to areas with high adopter demand. Despite mitigation by following best practices, a potential risk of animal relocation is increased disease incidence related to infectious disease spread and the effects of stress during transport. Surgical sterilization may compound disease risk due to the impact of surgical stress on disease susceptibility and the potential for disease exposure from other patients. Our study aimed to provide information about disease and surgical complication incidence as relates to the timing of surgical sterilization in relocated dogs. A population of 431 dogs relocated to a shelter in Washington State was monitored for disease while at the destination shelter and immediately post-adoption. No increased disease incidence was identified for dogs altered within two weeks of transport at the destination shelter compared with those altered within two weeks prior to transport at the source shelter. Because of disparities addressed by relocation programs, surgical sterilization of relocated companion animals is typically best performed at the destination shelter. Our study indicates that disease incidence is not increased by spay-neuter at the destination shelter. Full article
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