Dog owners might struggle to recognize subtle signs of pain in their pets, with barely half of owners identifying symptoms such as nighttime restlessness and clinginess as likely indicating pain, in survey study
Article URL : https://plos.io/4t1pGx8
Article title: The abilities in dog pain sign recognition as assessed by presenting seventeen listed dog behavioural signs and three case descriptions to dog owners and non-dog owners
Author countries: The Netherlands
Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.
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The abilities in dog pain sign recognition as assessed by presenting seventeen listed dog behavioural signs and three case descriptions to dog owners and non-dog owners
1-Apr-2026
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.