TY - JOUR
T1 - Research note
T2 - Installation of videorecording equipment had minimal effect on behavioral measurements in 14 kenneled military dogs
AU - Lefebvre, Diane
AU - Depiereux, Eric
AU - Giffroy, Jean Marie
AU - Diederich, Claire
PY - 2010/1/1
Y1 - 2010/1/1
N2 - We quantified the behavioral perturbation induced in kenneled dogs using a classical procedure of video equipment installation. Using 14-minute sessions of videorecording, 136 hours of recordings were collected from 14 healthy, individually housed Malinois shepherds. Our results show that dogs trotted, jumped, and ran more during the first 2 minutes 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.
AB - We quantified the behavioral perturbation induced in kenneled dogs using a classical procedure of video equipment installation. Using 14-minute sessions of videorecording, 136 hours of recordings were collected from 14 healthy, individually housed Malinois shepherds. Our results show that dogs trotted, jumped, and ran more during the first 2 minutes 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.
KW - captivity
KW - dog
KW - environmental modification
KW - indirect observational technique
KW - military kennel
KW - welfare
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=73649084091&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jveb.2009.09.044
DO - 10.1016/j.jveb.2009.09.044
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:73649084091
SN - 1558-7878
VL - 5
SP - 2
EP - 6
JO - Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research
JF - Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research
IS - 1
ER -
