<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The aim of the study was to analyse the demographic characteristics of lost and found dogs in Belgrade, Serbia. The demographic data concerning the 246 lost and 81 found dogs in the period of 5 consecutive years (January, 2009 to January 2014) was sampled and analysed from the data bases of four organizations for animal protection in Belgrade. The recovery rate of lost dogs and the chance to be reunited again with their owners was 33%. The highest recovery rate was estimated in the category of lost dogs with visible marks such as tags or collars (30%).The chi-square test disclosed that besides dogs with special visible marks, significantly more females, light colour coated, friendly/sociable and neutered dogs were reunited with their owners (P&lt;0.0001).</p></abstract>

The aim of the study was to analyse the demographic characteristics of lost and found dogs in Belgrade, Serbia. The demographic data concerning the 246 lost and 81 found dogs in the period of 5 consecutive years (January, 2009 to January 2014) was sampled and analysed from the data bases of four organizations for animal protection in Belgrade. The recovery rate of lost dogs and the chance to be reunited again with their owners was 33%. The highest recovery rate was estimated in the category of lost dogs with visible marks such as tags or collars (30%).The chi-square test disclosed that besides dogs with special visible marks, significantly more females, light colour coated, friendly/sociable and neutered dogs were reunited with their owners (P<0.0001).

Visibly Marked and Microchipped Lost Dogs Have a Higher Chance to Find Their Owners in Belgrade

Department of Animal Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Department of Animal Hygiene Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade Bul. Oslobodjenja 18, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Horsham, United Kingdom

Department of Functional Morphology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” University in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

Macedonian Veterinary Review

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The aim of the study was to analyse the demographic characteristics of lost and found dogs in Belgrade, Serbia. The demographic data concerning the 246 lost...

Visibly Marked and Microchipped Lost Dogs Have a Higher Chance to Find Their Owners in Belgrade

Publié en ligne: 18 nov. 2015

Pages: 79 - 83

Reçu: 03 juil. 2014

Accepté: 30 nov. 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14432/j.macvetrev.2014.12.035

Mots clés
demographic characteristics, dog, found, lost

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Visibly Marked and Microchipped Lost Dogs Have a Higher Chance to Find Their Owners in Belgrade

Publié en ligne: 18 nov. 2015

Pages: 79 - 83

Reçu: 03 juil. 2014

Accepté: 30 nov. 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14432/j.macvetrev.2014.12.035

Mots clésdemographic characteristics, dog, found, lost

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
demographic characteristics, dog, found, lost