Gruppstorlek och sociala behov hos katter och hundar

The population of dogs and cats in Sweden is constantly increasing and this requires that the legislation is up to date to reinsure a high welfare standard for our pets. The Swedish board of agriculture is planning a revision of the regulation regarding dogs and cats. This review aims to provide sci...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Tsingos, Katarina
Formato: First cycle, G2E
Lenguaje:sueco
sueco
Publicado: 2018
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/13850/
_version_ 1855572311852187648
author Tsingos, Katarina
author_browse Tsingos, Katarina
author_facet Tsingos, Katarina
author_sort Tsingos, Katarina
collection Epsilon Archive for Student Projects
description The population of dogs and cats in Sweden is constantly increasing and this requires that the legislation is up to date to reinsure a high welfare standard for our pets. The Swedish board of agriculture is planning a revision of the regulation regarding dogs and cats. This review aims to provide scientific support for potential modifications in the legislation with a focus on group size, social needs and resource allocations for both dogs and cats. The results show that cats are comfortable living both in single- and group housing depending on their background and both species require a stable group composition. Although the social needs of cats are difficult to establish due to the lack of scientific investigations the results indicate that the needs can be provided by their owners. The dog is more dependent on having company, but dogs are also more influenced by their owners than by the company of another dog. Resource based needs are more distinct for cats who among other things require different levels to reside and individual sleeping spaces. There was little evidence of any similar needs among dogs and further research is needed to provide information of both resource requirements and the potential need to regulate exercise or activation needs of dogs. There was no evidence for a specific limitation in group sizes of either species and further research is needed to establish if a modification of the current limitations in the regulation is needed.
format First cycle, G2E
id RepoSLU13850
institution Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
language Swedish
swe
publishDate 2018
publishDateSort 2018
record_format eprints
spelling RepoSLU138502019-02-25T13:37:58Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/13850/ Gruppstorlek och sociala behov hos katter och hundar Tsingos, Katarina Legislation Animal husbandry Animal ecology The population of dogs and cats in Sweden is constantly increasing and this requires that the legislation is up to date to reinsure a high welfare standard for our pets. The Swedish board of agriculture is planning a revision of the regulation regarding dogs and cats. This review aims to provide scientific support for potential modifications in the legislation with a focus on group size, social needs and resource allocations for both dogs and cats. The results show that cats are comfortable living both in single- and group housing depending on their background and both species require a stable group composition. Although the social needs of cats are difficult to establish due to the lack of scientific investigations the results indicate that the needs can be provided by their owners. The dog is more dependent on having company, but dogs are also more influenced by their owners than by the company of another dog. Resource based needs are more distinct for cats who among other things require different levels to reside and individual sleeping spaces. There was little evidence of any similar needs among dogs and further research is needed to provide information of both resource requirements and the potential need to regulate exercise or activation needs of dogs. There was no evidence for a specific limitation in group sizes of either species and further research is needed to establish if a modification of the current limitations in the regulation is needed. 2018-10-08 First cycle, G2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/13850/1/Tsingos_K_180716.pdf Tsingos, Katarina, 2018. Gruppstorlek och sociala behov hos katter och hundar : vetenskapligt underlag inför föreskriftsrevidering. First cycle, G2E. Uppsala: (VH) > Dept. of Animal Environment and Health (until 231231) <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-880.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-9878 swe
spellingShingle Legislation
Animal husbandry
Animal ecology
Tsingos, Katarina
Gruppstorlek och sociala behov hos katter och hundar
title Gruppstorlek och sociala behov hos katter och hundar
title_full Gruppstorlek och sociala behov hos katter och hundar
title_fullStr Gruppstorlek och sociala behov hos katter och hundar
title_full_unstemmed Gruppstorlek och sociala behov hos katter och hundar
title_short Gruppstorlek och sociala behov hos katter och hundar
title_sort gruppstorlek och sociala behov hos katter och hundar
topic Legislation
Animal husbandry
Animal ecology
url https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/13850/
https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/13850/