Research note: Installation of videorecording equipment had minimal effect on behavioral measurements in 14 kenneled military dogs

Autor:	Eric Depiereux, Claire Diederich, Diane Lefebvre, Jean-Marie Giffroy
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Veterinary medicine General Veterinary Audiology indirect observational technique captivity welfare Minimal effect environmental modification dog medicine Farm workers Psychology military kennel Video equipment
Zdroj:	Journal of Veterinary Behavior. 5:2-6
ISSN:	1558-7878
DOI:	10.1016/j.jveb.2009.09.044
Popis:	We quantified the behavioral perturbation induced in kenneled dogs using a classical procedure of video equipment installation. Using 14-minute sessions of videorecording, 136hours of recordings were collected from 14 healthy, individually housed Malinois shepherds. Our results show that dogs trotted, jumped, and ran more during the first 2minutes of recording. These behaviors suggest an intense but brief agitation following installation of the video equipment. These results lead us to advise researchers, when studying the behavior of kenneled dogs by videotaping, to evaluate the duration of perturbations stemming from their particular experimental procedure and to carefully examine it.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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