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First study on stress evaluation and reduction in hospitalized cats after neutering surgery

BACKGROUND AND AIM: In Thailand, domestic cats are the most common companion animal, and many are admitted to veterinary clinics for neutering surgery; however, such environment can induce stress. This is the first study to evaluate stress in hospitalized cats after neutering surgery using cat stres...

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Autores principales: Klintip, Worranan, Jarudecha, Thitichai, Rattanatumhi, Khwankamon, Ritchoo, Sudpatchara, Muikaew, Rattana, Wangsud, Sakkapop, Sussadee, Metita
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Publicado: Veterinary World 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9631363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36341062
http://dx.doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2022.2111-2118
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author Klintip, Worranan
Jarudecha, Thitichai
Rattanatumhi, Khwankamon
Ritchoo, Sudpatchara
Muikaew, Rattana
Wangsud, Sakkapop
Sussadee, Metita
author_facet Klintip, Worranan
Jarudecha, Thitichai
Rattanatumhi, Khwankamon
Ritchoo, Sudpatchara
Muikaew, Rattana
Wangsud, Sakkapop
Sussadee, Metita
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description BACKGROUND AND AIM: In Thailand, domestic cats are the most common companion animal, and many are admitted to veterinary clinics for neutering surgery; however, such environment can induce stress. This is the first study to evaluate stress in hospitalized cats after neutering surgery using cat stress score (CSS) and salivary cortisol levels, including the impact of providing a hiding box (B) and/or administering a pheromone product to reduce stress. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study design was based on a randomized controlled clinical trial. A total of 80 domestic cats undergoing routine neutering surgery were assessed for their behavioral demeanor scoring system (DSS) as friendly (DSS1) and aggressive (DSS2) based on a DSS. During admission, the cats were randomly allocated to single standard cages with one of the following treatments: (B), feline facial pheromone (P), a combination of hiding box and the pheromone (BP), or no additional enrichment (C). Cat stress score, food intake, and hide-seeking behavior were recorded. The cortisol enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit was used to assess the salivary cortisol level. RESULTS: On the 1(st) day of admission, aggressive cats had a significantly higher CSS (4.16 ± 0.29) than friendly cats (3.27 ± 0.16). Both demeanor cat groups showed statistically significant reductions in stress levels earlier than the control group after providing the enrichments. Saliva cortisol measurements ranged from 0.24 to 0.66 ng/mL. No statistical differences in cortisol levels were observed between the 1(st) day and other days of admission. In contrast, no differences in food intake and hide-seeking behavior were seen within each group during the same period. CONCLUSION: Results suggested that stress and stress responses in cats depended on behavioral demeanor. The provision of enrichment, including hiding box and feline facial pheromone in singly housed caging reduced stress, especially in aggressive cats. However, salivary cortisol analysis, food intake, and hide-seeking behavior were ineffective for assessing stress in cats after neutering surgery.
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spelling pubmed-96313632022-11-04 First study on stress evaluation and reduction in hospitalized cats after neutering surgery Klintip, Worranan Jarudecha, Thitichai Rattanatumhi, Khwankamon Ritchoo, Sudpatchara Muikaew, Rattana Wangsud, Sakkapop Sussadee, Metita Vet World Research Article BACKGROUND AND AIM: In Thailand, domestic cats are the most common companion animal, and many are admitted to veterinary clinics for neutering surgery; however, such environment can induce stress. This is the first study to evaluate stress in hospitalized cats after neutering surgery using cat stress score (CSS) and salivary cortisol levels, including the impact of providing a hiding box (B) and/or administering a pheromone product to reduce stress. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study design was based on a randomized controlled clinical trial. A total of 80 domestic cats undergoing routine neutering surgery were assessed for their behavioral demeanor scoring system (DSS) as friendly (DSS1) and aggressive (DSS2) based on a DSS. During admission, the cats were randomly allocated to single standard cages with one of the following treatments: (B), feline facial pheromone (P), a combination of hiding box and the pheromone (BP), or no additional enrichment (C). Cat stress score, food intake, and hide-seeking behavior were recorded. The cortisol enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit was used to assess the salivary cortisol level. RESULTS: On the 1(st) day of admission, aggressive cats had a significantly higher CSS (4.16 ± 0.29) than friendly cats (3.27 ± 0.16). Both demeanor cat groups showed statistically significant reductions in stress levels earlier than the control group after providing the enrichments. Saliva cortisol measurements ranged from 0.24 to 0.66 ng/mL. No statistical differences in cortisol levels were observed between the 1(st) day and other days of admission. In contrast, no differences in food intake and hide-seeking behavior were seen within each group during the same period. CONCLUSION: Results suggested that stress and stress responses in cats depended on behavioral demeanor. The provision of enrichment, including hiding box and feline facial pheromone in singly housed caging reduced stress, especially in aggressive cats. However, salivary cortisol analysis, food intake, and hide-seeking behavior were ineffective for assessing stress in cats after neutering surgery. Veterinary World 2022-09 2022-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9631363/ /pubmed/36341062 http://dx.doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2022.2111-2118 Text en Copyright: © Klintip, et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Jarudecha, Thitichai
Rattanatumhi, Khwankamon
Ritchoo, Sudpatchara
Muikaew, Rattana
Wangsud, Sakkapop
Sussadee, Metita
First study on stress evaluation and reduction in hospitalized cats after neutering surgery
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title_short First study on stress evaluation and reduction in hospitalized cats after neutering surgery
title_sort first study on stress evaluation and reduction in hospitalized cats after neutering surgery
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9631363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36341062
http://dx.doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2022.2111-2118
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