Studie på beteendeförändringar hos katt efter behandling av Feline Odontoclastic Resorptive Lesion (FORL)

Feline odontoclastic resorptive lesion (FORL) is a tooth disease affecting both domestic and wild cats. Although FORL was described as early as the 1920´s, the etiology is still unclear. Several hypotheses have been presented but different studies have obtained contradictory results, and today t...

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Autor principal: Naffah, Christopher
Formato: L3
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Publicado: SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health (until 231231) 2005
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description Feline odontoclastic resorptive lesion (FORL) is a tooth disease affecting both domestic and wild cats. Although FORL was described as early as the 1920´s, the etiology is still unclear. Several hypotheses have been presented but different studies have obtained contradictory results, and today there is no generally accepted etiology. Teeth affected by FORL are characterized by root resorption with progressive destruction of the tooth structure and alveolar bone as a consequence of clast cell activity. The disease is considered very painful when reaching a certain stage. This might lead to an altered behaviour of affected cats. Assessing chronic pain in animals is difficult and a careful interview of the owner, concerning their animal´s behaviour, is of great importance. The aim of this study is to see if there are any behavioural changes in cats after FORL treatment as a result of removal of pain. The results in this study suggest that cats show reduced pain behavior after treatment. However the test group in this study is to small for statistical calculations.
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spelling RepoSLU111792017-09-26T09:58:26Z Studie på beteendeförändringar hos katt efter behandling av Feline Odontoclastic Resorptive Lesion (FORL) Naffah, Christopher Feline odontoclasic resorptive lesion FORL smärtbeteende beteendeförändring smärta beteende Feline odontoclastic resorptive lesion (FORL) is a tooth disease affecting both domestic and wild cats. Although FORL was described as early as the 1920´s, the etiology is still unclear. Several hypotheses have been presented but different studies have obtained contradictory results, and today there is no generally accepted etiology. Teeth affected by FORL are characterized by root resorption with progressive destruction of the tooth structure and alveolar bone as a consequence of clast cell activity. The disease is considered very painful when reaching a certain stage. This might lead to an altered behaviour of affected cats. Assessing chronic pain in animals is difficult and a careful interview of the owner, concerning their animal´s behaviour, is of great importance. The aim of this study is to see if there are any behavioural changes in cats after FORL treatment as a result of removal of pain. The results in this study suggest that cats show reduced pain behavior after treatment. However the test group in this study is to small for statistical calculations. Feline odontoclastic resorptive lesion (FORL) är en tandsjukdom som drabbar katter, både tama och vilda. Trots att sjukdomen beskrevs redan på 1920-talet är etiologin oklar. Flera hypoteser har presenterats men olika studier har gett olika resultat, och för närvarande finns ingen allmänt erkänd etiologi. Tänder drabbade av FORL karaktäriseras av rotresorption med progressiv destruktion av tand och alveolarben som en konsekvens av klastcellsaktivitet. Sjukdomen anses, när den nått ett visst stadium, vara mycket smärtsam. Detta kan föra med sig ett ändrat beteende hos katter som drabbas av FORL. Att bedöma kronisk smärta hos djur är svårt och en noggrann intervju av djurägaren, angående djurets beteende, är av stor vikt. Denna studie har undersökt om det föreligger skillnader i beteende hos katter med diagnosticerad FORL före och efter behandling tack vare hävande av smärta. Resultaten pekar mot att katterna uppvisar ett minskat smärtbeteende efter behandling men materialet är för litet för någon statistisk bearbetning. SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health (until 231231) 2005 L3 swe eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/11179/
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Studie på beteendeförändringar hos katt efter behandling av Feline Odontoclastic Resorptive Lesion (FORL)
title Studie på beteendeförändringar hos katt efter behandling av Feline Odontoclastic Resorptive Lesion (FORL)
title_full Studie på beteendeförändringar hos katt efter behandling av Feline Odontoclastic Resorptive Lesion (FORL)
title_fullStr Studie på beteendeförändringar hos katt efter behandling av Feline Odontoclastic Resorptive Lesion (FORL)
title_full_unstemmed Studie på beteendeförändringar hos katt efter behandling av Feline Odontoclastic Resorptive Lesion (FORL)
title_short Studie på beteendeförändringar hos katt efter behandling av Feline Odontoclastic Resorptive Lesion (FORL)
title_sort studie på beteendeförändringar hos katt efter behandling av feline odontoclastic resorptive lesion (forl)
topic Feline odontoclasic resorptive lesion
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