Tutores com dificuldades em distinguir entre sinais de envelhecimento e de doença em cães

Um estudo da Universidade de Liverpool, no Reino Unido, revelou que os tutores de cães têm dificuldades em distinguir entre sinais de envelhecimento e sinais de doença. Dessa maneira, conclui-se que é preciso orientações mais claras sobre quais os sinais comportamentais e físicos que constituem uma parte normal do processo de envelhecimento.

Segundo explicado em comunicado, o estudo também identificou lacunas significativas na comunicação entre profissionais veterinários e tutores de cães.

&lt;p&amp;gt;“Os resultados do nosso estudo revelaram que as mudanças relacionadas com a idade observadas pelos tutores foram maioritariamente percecionadas como &amp;amp;#8216;apenas velhice&amp;amp;#8217;, e as oportunidades de educar os tutores sobre quais os sinais comportamentais e físicos que representam um envelhecimento normal ou &amp;amp;#8216;saudável&amp;amp;#8217;, e o que é patológico, estão a ser perdidas, devido à falta de tempo, educação e, em alguns casos, motivação”, explica a investigadora Lisa Wallis.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Por sua vez, a investigadora Carri Westgarth nota que “o desenvolvimento de uma nova ferramenta de orientação poderia colmatar estas lacunas, orientar os debates sobre as melhores práticas em consulta com cães seniores e incentivar mais tutores a procurar aconselhamento veterinário”.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;center&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div id='div-gpt-ad-1630613300996-0' style='min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;'&amp;gt; &amp;lt;script&amp;gt; googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1630613300996-0'); }); &lt;/div&gt;&nbsp;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Os investigadores e a BSAVA anunciaram recentemente o &amp;lt;a href="https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2023/03/23/university-and-bsava-petsavers-launch-ageing-canine-toolkit/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"&amp;gt;BSAVA PetSavers Ageing Canine Toolkit (ACT),&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; que pretende resolver estas preocupações.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;O estudo teve como base entrevistas a fundo aos tutores e profissionais, assim como respostas de tutores em texto aberto através de um inquérito online. 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