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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Animal shelters"”.
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The Prevalence of the Q-fever Agent Coxiella burnetii in Ticks Collected from an Animal Shelter in Southeast Georgia
… Most Q-fever studies have focused on farm animals but not ticks collected from dogs in animal shelters. In order to detect the Q-fever agent in these ticks, a nested PCR technique targeting the 16S rDNA of Coxiella burnetii was used. A collection of 450 ticks from the animal shelter were …
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Humane Architecture to Befriend the Animals we Live with: Animal Shelter in beautiful Alexandria, Virginia
… on how to improve the life of homeless animals through strengthening the relationship between us, humans and the animals we live among. There are millions of shelter animals being killed every year which is both dreadful and expensive. This number can be decreased greatly if people acted …
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Cat_ch&Care
… on the streets of our cities and the work that animal shelters and anonymous people carry out in that regard. The game is presented in the form of a vertical view “DEMO”, where the main elements of the game are shown, with a level of quality and performance similar to what they would have in …
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Human and canine personality assessment instruments to predict successful adoptions with shelter dogs
<p>Animal shelters are often over-crowded with animals, and efforts to match potential adopters with shelter dogs, to improve the quality of adoptions, are increasing. However, a lack of evidence-based practices makes matching difficult. This research was conducted to investigate the role of dog …
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A Social Marketing Plan for the Lester C. Howick Animal Shelter
<p>The Lester C. Howick Animal Shelter (Howick) is a non-profit organization serving Washington County, Arkansas and the Northwest Arkansas community. This thesis offers Howick a comprehensive Social marketing plan. The goal of the animal shelter is to increase the total number of cats and dogs …
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A content analysis of guilt appeals in animal welfare campaigns
… appeals are common promotion strategies used by animal welfare organizations and animal shelters; however, little research has paid enough attention to the formation of guilt appeals and the association among different elements of guilt appeals. The purpose of this study is to investigate the …
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Prevalence Of, Risk Factors For, And Zoonotic Potential Of Giardia Spp. Infection In Cats Housed In An Animal Shelter
… need for surveillance and treatment of cats in animal shelters as data regarding the zoonotic potential of Giardia-infected cats are lacking. Cysts of the various genotypes are morphologically indistinguishable by light microscopy and advanced molecular techniques are required to determine their …
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Rehoming animals from animal rescue shelters in New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science (Animal Science) at Massey University, Palmerston North
… the UK and USA have investigated the reasons why animals are surrendered to animal rescue shelters and how successful adoptions from such shelters are. There are no data available from New Zealand animal shelters and this research project was undertaken to determine how successful adoptions from …
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Changes in the Activity Levels and Physiological Welfare of Dogs Pre- and Post-Adoption
… potential stressors that are present in the animal shelter are often absent or less intense in the home, which can lead to changes in adopted dogs’ behavior, activity, and overall welfare. Given notable differences between these environments, dogs’ activity or behavior in the shelter may not …