scholarly journals Grieving after the Loss of Companion Animals: Symptoms of Pet Loss

2015 ◽  
Vol null (15) ◽  
pp. 91-120
Author(s):  
모효정
Keyword(s):  
Companion Animals ◽  
Pet Loss

Beyond Recovery

2015 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul W. C. Wong ◽  
Kenny C. T. Lau ◽  
Lucia L. Liu ◽  
Gloria S. N. Yuen ◽  
Poon Wing-Lok
Keyword(s):  
Personal Growth ◽  
Companion Animals ◽  
Companion Animal ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Coping Behaviors ◽  
Professional Help ◽  
Pet Loss ◽  
Human Animal Bond ◽  
Loss Experience ◽  
Depth Interviews

It is a worldwide trend that more households are having pets or companion animals. Hence, there has been an increasing number of animal lovers experience companion animal loss bereavement. This form of bereavement has not been explored in Chinese societies. We conducted a qualitative study using in-depth interviews with 31 animal lovers and recruited through convenience and snowball sampling in Hong Kong. Companion animal loss bereavement appears to share similar features to other forms of bereavement but also has its unique features. The intensity of grief seemed to be affected by factors like the strength of the human–animal bond, lack of empathy from closed ones, being married without children, and euthanasia decision. Although the bereavement was distressful for many of our participants, many of them gradually achieved personal growth from their loss experience. We have identified seven common themes from the interview data and through self-reliance, social-supported, or professional-supported coping behaviors, people bereaved by animal loss can achieve growth from their experience. This study shows that postbereavement growth is possible from pet loss bereavement when appropriate coping strategies are adopted by the bereaved but some professional help may be needed.

ReMember

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Changyoon Yi ◽  
Juhyun Bae ◽  
Nakkyu Baek ◽  
Jina Jung ◽  
Sunwoong Hur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Companion Animals ◽  
Physical Object ◽  
Biological Data ◽  
Physiological Signals ◽  
Interactive Installation ◽  
Grieving Process ◽  
Pet Loss ◽  
Sense Of Presence ◽  
Pet Owners ◽  
Continuing Bond

ReMember is an interactive installation that provides bereaved pet owners with a sense of presence and connection to their deceased companion animals. Many pet owners suffer from bereavement and grief upon the loss of companion animals, and rituals and memorialization can help their grieving process. In this installation, the authors integrate audiovisual effects of the heartbeat recordings of companion animals and cremation stones made for pet memorialization. The audience's responses to ReMember show that interactivity and physiological signals augment the physical object of remembrance and elicit strong emotions. ReMember suggests that digitalized physiological signals and biological data can be a new form of the legacy of animal companionships and that the careful curation of digital, biological, and physical artifacts can support continuing bond expressions in pet loss.

Comparação de testes coproparasitológicos em criadouro comercial de psitacídeos exóticos

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 100-107
Author(s):  
Marina Camargo de Sousa ◽  
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Julia Ronzani Vial ◽  
Rodrigo Hidalgo Friciello Teixeira ◽  
Andrea Cristina Higa Nakaghi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Companion Animals ◽  
Clinical Importance ◽  
Breeding Site ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Fecal Samples ◽  
Breeding Sites ◽  
Specificity And Sensitivity ◽  
Nematode Eggs ◽  
Commercial Breeding

Birds of the psittaciform order, composed by the Psittacidae and Loridae family have several characteristics making them more frequently kept as companion animals, promoting the increase of breeding sites in Brazil. The present study aimed to analyze the specificity and sensitivity of three different coproparasitological tests, Willis, Hoffman and Direto de feces, through statistical tests: Chi-Square and Kappa. 70 fecal samples of exotic parrots were collected from a commercial breeding site and these were submitted to the three tests, totaling 210 coproparasitological exams. Among the tests performed, 29,5% were positive for nematode eggs, cestodes and oocysts. Coproparasitological exams are inexpensive, have clinical importance, indicating the population of endoparasites and therapeutic treatments.

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