Behavioral assessment of child-directed canine aggression.
OBJECTIVE: To characterize behavioral circumstances of bites to children by dogs presented to a veterinary behavior clinic. METHODS: Retrospective case series examining medical records of dogs presenting by referral to a university veterinary hospital for aggression and which had bitten a child <18...
| Publicado en: | Injury Prevention (1353-8047) Vol. 13; no. 5; pp. 348 - 352 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | research Journal Article |
| Publicado: |
BMJ Publishing Group
Oct2007
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105857574&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105857574 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 13538047 N86 jtl: Injury Prevention (1353-8047) issn: 13538047 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2007 vid: 13 iid: 5 pid: 8280 pub: BMJ Publishing Group artinfo: ui: 105857574 105857574 2009693249 10.1136/ip.2007.015396 NLM17916894 105857574 ppf: 348 ppct: 4 formats: tig: atl: Behavioral assessment of child-directed canine aggression. aug: au: Reisner IR Shofer FS Nance ML affil: Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6010, USA. reisner@vet.upenn.edu sug: subj: Aggression Psychosocial Factors Bites and Stings Dogs Adolescence Age Factors Animal Studies Bites and Stings Prevention and Control Bites and Stings Psychosocial Factors Child Child, Preschool Female Human-Pet Bonding Immunity Infant Infant, Newborn Male Pennsylvania Pets Questionnaires Retrospective Design Risk Factors Human Adolescent: 13-18 years Child: 6-12 years Child, Preschool: 2-5 years Infant: 1-23 months Infant, Newborn: birth-1 month Female Male ab: OBJECTIVE: To characterize behavioral circumstances of bites to children by dogs presented to a veterinary behavior clinic. METHODS: Retrospective case series examining medical records of dogs presenting by referral to a university veterinary hospital for aggression and which had bitten a child <18 years old. Behavioral data included age of victim, familiarity with dog, and circumstances of bites. RESULTS: Records of bites to 111 children were examined. Children <6 years old were most commonly bitten in association with resource guarding (44%), whereas older children were most commonly bitten in association with territory guarding (23%). Similarly, food guarding was the most common circumstance for bites to familiar children (42%) and territory guarding for bites to unfamiliar children (53%). Behavioral screening of the 103 dogs examined revealed resource guarding (61%) and discipline measures (59%) as the most common stimuli for aggression. Anxiety screens revealed abnormalities in 77% of dogs. Potential contributory medical conditions were identified/suspected in 50% of dogs. When history before presentation was known, 66% of dogs had never previously bitten a child, and 19% had never bitten any human. Most dogs (93%) were neutered, and 66% of owners had taken their dogs to obedience training classes. CONCLUSIONS: Most children were bitten by dogs with no history of biting children. There is a high rate of behavioral abnormalities (aggression and anxiety) in this canine population. Common calming measures (neutering, training) were not routinely effective deterrents. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|