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000130297 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.07.004
000130297 0248_ $$2sideral$$a84141
000130297 037__ $$aART-2013-84141
000130297 041__ $$aeng
000130297 100__ $$aGonzález-Martínez,Á.
000130297 245__ $$aEffect of age and severity of cognitive dysfunction on two simple tasks in pet dogs
000130297 260__ $$c2013
000130297 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted
000130297 5203_ $$aDogs exhibit age-dependent losses in learning and memory as well as a progressive accumulation of neuropathology that parallels that observed in normal human aging and early Alzheimer’s disease. These deficits have been extensively studied using a number of standard cognitive tasks in the laboratory; however, appropriate tools for their assessment in veterinary clinics are still lacking. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of age and the severity of cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CDS) on two simple tests conducted in a clinical setting. A food searching (FS) task and a problem-solving (PS) task were administered to young (1–4 years, n = 9), middle-aged (5–8 years, n = 10), cognitively unimpaired aged (⩾9 years, n = 31), and cognitively impaired aged (⩾9 years, n = 37) dogs. Cognitive status was classified using an owner-based questionnaire, and in the impaired group, dogs were categorized as having either mild or severe CDS.
During the FS task, younger dogs (<9 years) were able to locate the food more quickly and with more success than the aged groups (⩾9 years). Dogs with severe CDS exhibited poorer performance than those with mild CDS or their healthy counterparts. In the PS task, younger dogs performed better than the aged dogs in obtaining food, but there were no differences related to CDS severity. The FS task might help to better characterize cognitively affected dogs in the clinical setting than the PS task. These and similar tasks require further investigations in the field.
000130297 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/
000130297 590__ $$a2.165$$b2013
000130297 591__ $$aVETERINARY SCIENCES$$b11 / 131 = 0.084$$c2013$$dQ1$$eT1
000130297 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
000130297 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-1728-900X$$aRosado,B.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000130297 700__ $$aPesini,P.
000130297 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-5084-6555$$aGarcía-Belenguer,S.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000130297 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-1581-3085$$aPalacio,J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000130297 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-8398-5463$$aVillegas,A.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000130297 700__ $$aSuárez,M. -L
000130297 700__ $$aSantamarina,G.
000130297 700__ $$aSarasa,M.
000130297 7102_ $$11009$$2617$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Patología Animal$$cÁrea Medicina y Cirugía Animal
000130297 773__ $$g198, 1 (2013), 176-181$$pVet. j.$$tVeterinary Journal$$x1090-0233
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000130297 951__ $$a2024-01-30-14:18:14
000130297 980__ $$aARTICLE