[Objectives] To optimize the pet dog dyeing process of plant hair dye. [Methods]Three factors affecting dyeing were selected including pH,concentration of dye and dyeing time. The L_9(3~3) orthogonal design was used t...[Objectives] To optimize the pet dog dyeing process of plant hair dye. [Methods]Three factors affecting dyeing were selected including pH,concentration of dye and dyeing time. The L_9(3~3) orthogonal design was used to evaluate the hair coloring effect and the absorbance of cleaning solution after hair was dyed. [Results] The optimum pet dog dyeing process of plant hair dye was dye concentration of50 mg/mL,dye pH of 7. 5 and dyeing time of 1 h. [Conclusions] The coloring and fixing effects of the dye and dyeing process are good,which can lay a foundation for the development and utilization of plant dyes.展开更多
Missing, swapping, false insurance claims and reallocation of pet animals (dog) are global problems throughout the world and research done to solve this problem is minimal. Traditional biometrics and non-biometrics me...Missing, swapping, false insurance claims and reallocation of pet animals (dog) are global problems throughout the world and research done to solve this problem is minimal. Traditional biometrics and non-biometrics methods have their own boundaries and they fail to provide competent level of security to pet animal (dog). The work on animal identification based on their phenotype appearance (coat patterns) has been an active research area in recent years and automatic face recognition for dog is not reported in the literature. Dog identification needs innovative research to protect the pet animal. Therefore it is imperative to initiate research, so that future face recognition algorithm will be able to solve this important problem for identification of pet animal (like dog, cat). In this paper an attempt has been made to minimize the above mentioned problems by biometrics face recognition of dog. The contributions of this research are: 1) implementation of an existing biometrics algorithm which mitigates the effects of covariates for dogs;2) proposed fusion based method for recognition of pet animal with 94.86% accuracy. Thus in this paper, we have tried to demonstrate that face recognition of dog can be used to recognize the dog efficiently.展开更多
When dogs and cats are not retained in a home, they are re-homed to somewhere, and while there is a collection of research around relinquishment to shelters, little is known about the general re-homing picture. A cros...When dogs and cats are not retained in a home, they are re-homed to somewhere, and while there is a collection of research around relinquishment to shelters, little is known about the general re-homing picture. A cross sectional random digit dial survey was conducted with an aim to learn more about who is re-homing, where they are re-homing and why they are re-homing owned dogs and cats in the US. We found the prevalence of re-homing in five years at 6% making for an estimated 6.12 million household re-homing pets every five years. Pets were most likely to be re-homed by being given to a friend or family member (37%) closely followed by being taken to a shelter. Those who re-homed due to a reason related to the pet as opposed to reasons such as family issues were more likely to re-home to a shelter. For respondents who rented, housing reasons were the number one reason for re-homing, and for respondents of lower income, they were significantly more likely to re-home due to cost and housing issues as opposed to pet related issues. We conclude that some reasons for re-homing are not easily modified and humane re-homing is the best option, but that there are many areas in which intervention and prevention programs may increase retention.展开更多
Animal shelters’ adoption processes vary across the US. Some programs have rigorous policy based programs in which potential adopters are screened in or out based on their responses to a series of qualifying question...Animal shelters’ adoption processes vary across the US. Some programs have rigorous policy based programs in which potential adopters are screened in or out based on their responses to a series of qualifying questions. Some other organizations use a conversation based approach with-out policies around such things as income, vaccination status of animals in the home and landlord approval. Those organizations that use the policy-based approach do so with the premise that the animal will be loved and cared for better by those that meet their criteria. Policy based adoptions can be arduous and can decrease adoptions, as, for example, those living in apartments that are unable to prove their landlord accepts pets are turned away. We hypothesized that meeting or not meeting policy based criteria would have no impact on the care or bond of the adopter with the pet. This study examined the quality of care and attachment in two groups of adopters, a group that adopted while policy based adoptions were in place and a group that adopted when policies were eliminated. There were no substantial differences between the two groups. This important finding indicates that those that adopt through conversation based adoptions (policy-free) provide similar high quality care and are just as likely to be highly bonded to their pet as those that adopt through policy based adoptions.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Science and Technology Foundation Project of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine Resources Rescuing and Organizing(2013FY110600-03)
文摘[Objectives] To optimize the pet dog dyeing process of plant hair dye. [Methods]Three factors affecting dyeing were selected including pH,concentration of dye and dyeing time. The L_9(3~3) orthogonal design was used to evaluate the hair coloring effect and the absorbance of cleaning solution after hair was dyed. [Results] The optimum pet dog dyeing process of plant hair dye was dye concentration of50 mg/mL,dye pH of 7. 5 and dyeing time of 1 h. [Conclusions] The coloring and fixing effects of the dye and dyeing process are good,which can lay a foundation for the development and utilization of plant dyes.
文摘Missing, swapping, false insurance claims and reallocation of pet animals (dog) are global problems throughout the world and research done to solve this problem is minimal. Traditional biometrics and non-biometrics methods have their own boundaries and they fail to provide competent level of security to pet animal (dog). The work on animal identification based on their phenotype appearance (coat patterns) has been an active research area in recent years and automatic face recognition for dog is not reported in the literature. Dog identification needs innovative research to protect the pet animal. Therefore it is imperative to initiate research, so that future face recognition algorithm will be able to solve this important problem for identification of pet animal (like dog, cat). In this paper an attempt has been made to minimize the above mentioned problems by biometrics face recognition of dog. The contributions of this research are: 1) implementation of an existing biometrics algorithm which mitigates the effects of covariates for dogs;2) proposed fusion based method for recognition of pet animal with 94.86% accuracy. Thus in this paper, we have tried to demonstrate that face recognition of dog can be used to recognize the dog efficiently.
文摘When dogs and cats are not retained in a home, they are re-homed to somewhere, and while there is a collection of research around relinquishment to shelters, little is known about the general re-homing picture. A cross sectional random digit dial survey was conducted with an aim to learn more about who is re-homing, where they are re-homing and why they are re-homing owned dogs and cats in the US. We found the prevalence of re-homing in five years at 6% making for an estimated 6.12 million household re-homing pets every five years. Pets were most likely to be re-homed by being given to a friend or family member (37%) closely followed by being taken to a shelter. Those who re-homed due to a reason related to the pet as opposed to reasons such as family issues were more likely to re-home to a shelter. For respondents who rented, housing reasons were the number one reason for re-homing, and for respondents of lower income, they were significantly more likely to re-home due to cost and housing issues as opposed to pet related issues. We conclude that some reasons for re-homing are not easily modified and humane re-homing is the best option, but that there are many areas in which intervention and prevention programs may increase retention.
文摘Animal shelters’ adoption processes vary across the US. Some programs have rigorous policy based programs in which potential adopters are screened in or out based on their responses to a series of qualifying questions. Some other organizations use a conversation based approach with-out policies around such things as income, vaccination status of animals in the home and landlord approval. Those organizations that use the policy-based approach do so with the premise that the animal will be loved and cared for better by those that meet their criteria. Policy based adoptions can be arduous and can decrease adoptions, as, for example, those living in apartments that are unable to prove their landlord accepts pets are turned away. We hypothesized that meeting or not meeting policy based criteria would have no impact on the care or bond of the adopter with the pet. This study examined the quality of care and attachment in two groups of adopters, a group that adopted while policy based adoptions were in place and a group that adopted when policies were eliminated. There were no substantial differences between the two groups. This important finding indicates that those that adopt through conversation based adoptions (policy-free) provide similar high quality care and are just as likely to be highly bonded to their pet as those that adopt through policy based adoptions.
