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Bibliography 3
Name:

Edwards, P. T., Smith, B. P., McArthur, M. L., & Hazel, S. J.

Source # 3 (2019). Fearful Fido: Investigating dog experience in the
Bibliography veterinary context in an effort to reduce distress. Applied
Animal Behaviour Science, 213, 14–25.
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● This review discusses the features of a veterinary visit that

Annotation:
(Describe ALL info. that
might be important for
your paper. Explain to the
reader and/or summarize
what might be found in
this source)
could be stressful to an animal and how to solve the stress
problem.
● Every companion animal will require veterinary care at
least once in their life, but every visit to the vet is different
for each animal so no two stressors are alike.
● The negative impacts of a stressful veterinary visit can be
long lasting and even cause trauma in an animal, which is
why it may behave in ways that are detrimental to the
animal, staff, and owners health.
● There are various strategies to reduce stress, but none
have solid evidence that they reduce cortisol levels in
animals.

● “From the dog’s perspective a ‘routine’ veterinary visit

Potential Quotes:
(Are there any significant
quotes you can use or
paraphrase from this
source?)
● “The Australian veterinary industry services millions of
● “Strategies to ameliorate animal stress within the
encompasses walking into a strange place with slippery
surfaces, being surrounded by strange sounds, sights,
smells, and potentially stressed animals (Hewson, 2014),
and then being handled or restrained, while potentially
enduring painful or invasive procedures.”
companion animals each year, including 4.8 million dogs
(AMA, 2016). However, attending the veterinary clinic can
be stressful for companion animals and their owners
(guardians). For instance, in an American cohort of 2188
dog and cat guardians, 58% of cat guardians and 38% of
dog guardians believed that their companion animal
‘hates’ going to the veterinarian, and 38% of cat guardians
and 26% of dog guardians found it stressful just thinking
about taking their dog or cat to the veterinary clinic (Volk
et al., 2011).”
veterinary context are emerging as the industry becomes
aware of the value of low stress handling, and fear-free
techniques that promote companion-animal-friendly
practice”

Every author of this review is affiliated with one of the following:

Assessment: School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide,
 (Analyze and explain why and the School of Health, Medical, and Applied Sciences.
this source is credible)

This source almost directly answers my essential question,

Reflection: making itself useful in my research. In other words, I can
(How will you potentially potentially use this source as a basis for my essential question’s
use it?) solution. The source also adds statistics directly relating to my
research and can be used as evidence as to how many animals
are stressed in routine visits.

Part 2 - Summary
● How does the book or article fit into your potential research? What does it add to your paper or
ideas?
● Was the source helpful to you? Does the source relate to your potential topic?
● How and where can you use this source in your potential research project?

Answer all the bullet points in a well written paragraph or two below:

This article fits perfectly into my research because it directly relates to my topic. Most importantly, it will
potentially help me formulate the solution to my essential question because the findings in this article could
serve as a beneficial basis upon which to build. This source will be evident in the solution portion of my
research and possibly earlier when providing a background because the source also provides statistics relating
to my project.