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The Dog Zombie studies dog brains by pursuing DVM and MS degrees. She is currently in her research year, between years two and three of veterinary school. Her interests include neurobiology, neuroendocrinology, ethology, animal behavior, canid domestication, shelter medicine, animal welfare, veterinary ethics, open access publishing, and the philosophy of science.
The Dog Zombie
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- October 20, 2010
- 07:48 AM
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Number Needed to Ban: a new tool for calculating the benefits of banning particular dog breeds
by The Dog Zombie in The Dog Zombie
A study published this month in the Journal of the American Veterinary Association (JAVMA) takes on the issue of whether breed-specific legislation (BSL) is effective. BSL is a tool used by some communities to attempt to reduce injuries from dog bites. The idea is that particular breeds of dogs are responsible for more than their share of injuries, so banning or otherwise controlling those breeds will result in a reduction in injuries. The group of breeds collectively known as “pit bulls” re........ Read more »
Patronek GJ, Slater M, & Marder A. (2010) Use of a number-needed-to-ban calculation to illustrate limitations of breed-specific legislation in decreasing the risk of dog bite-related injury. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 237(7), 788-92. PMID: 20919843
- June 2, 2010
- 04:17 PM
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The assessment of emotional expression in dogs
by The Dog Zombie in The Dog Zombie
“The assessment of emotional expression in dogs using a Free Choice Profiling methodology” (Walker et. al., Animal Welfare).Do different people tend to have overlapping or at least complementary ways of describing dog behaviors? And if they do, can a computer put together a behavior scale out of those descriptions, even without any understanding of what’s actually being described? Put a different way: Can we describe a group of observations of dog behavior using a fancy statistical techniq........ Read more »
J Walker, A Dale, N Waran, N Clarke, M Farnworth, & F Wemelsfelder. (2010) The assessment of emotional expression in dogs using a Free Choice Profiling methodology . Animal Welfare, 75-84. info:/
- March 17, 2010
- 09:55 AM
- 416 views
Nest making, oxytocin, and social bonding
by The Dog Zombie in The Dog Zombie
I encountered Nest making and oxytocin comparably promote wound healing in isolation reared rats [1] while reading about how stress affects wound healing, and it drew me in with its lure of drawing connections between nest making and oxytocin. Oxytocin does a lot of things in the body, but what this paper was interested in was its participation in social bonding. You all must already know the coolest story about oxytocin, the story about the two species of voles. The species are almost identic........ Read more »
Vitalo A, Fricchione J, Casali M, Berdichevsky Y, Hoge EA, Rauch SL, Berthiaume F, Yarmush ML, Benson H, Fricchione GL.... (2009) Nest making and oxytocin comparably promote wound healing in isolation reared rats. PloS one, 4(5). PMID: 19436750
Young, L. (1998) Neuroendocrine bases of monogamy. Trends in Neurosciences, 21(2), 71-75. DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(97)01167-3
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