Vets play a key role with regard to animal welfare. Companion animal veterinarians care for both animals and their owners, showing empathy towards “human clients” and “non-human patients” at the same time. We investigated empathy towards animals and humans by vets, assessing whether they are related, influenced by length of service or gender and whether those most empathetic were more skilled in recognizing dog’s emotions. Ninety-five vets were tested using the Animal Empathy Scale and the Empathy Quotient.
Empathy and recognition of dogs’ (canis familiaris) emotions : a pilot focusing on vets / E.S. Colombo, E. Prato-Previde. ((Intervento presentato al convegno Canine Science Forum tenutosi a Lincoln nel 2014.
Empathy and recognition of dogs’ (canis familiaris) emotions : a pilot focusing on vets
E.S. ColomboPrimo
;E. Prato-PrevideSecondo
2014
Abstract
Vets play a key role with regard to animal welfare. Companion animal veterinarians care for both animals and their owners, showing empathy towards “human clients” and “non-human patients” at the same time. We investigated empathy towards animals and humans by vets, assessing whether they are related, influenced by length of service or gender and whether those most empathetic were more skilled in recognizing dog’s emotions. Ninety-five vets were tested using the Animal Empathy Scale and the Empathy Quotient.
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