The number one cause of heat stroke in dogs is not 'left in the car'. What is the most common cause of heat stroke in dogs?
Against the backdrop of the serious lack of exercise for pet dogs, a law was
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Excessive exercise responsible for three-quarters of heatstroke cases in dogs, study shows
https://phys.org/news/2020-08-excessive-responsible-three-quarters-heatstroke-cases.html
Walking your dog in the middle of a heatwave is just as dangerous as leaving them in a hot car
https://www.countryliving.com/uk/wildlife/pets/a33520123/dog-owners-warned-against-walking-dogs-heat/
Due to the fact that dogs are not good at thermoregulation and it is expected that a record heat wave will arrive, the British Association for the Prevention of Animal Cruel on August 7, 2020 especially alone is left in your .20 minutes car attention to the dog of heat stroke, the dog is a statement of and there is a risk of death ', the attention was encouraged .
Thus, because heat stroke in dogs has become a problem in recent years, the research team of Emily Hall, a zoologist at Nottingham Trent University, has investigated the cause of heat stroke from veterinary examination records. Carried out. First of all, Mr. Hall and his colleagues collected a total of 905,543 medical records examined by a British veterinarian in 2016, and searched for cases that seemed to have heat stroke. As a result, 1259 cases were identified in which 1222 dogs were diagnosed with heat stroke.
Below is a graph of the number of dogs diagnosed with heat stroke by month, the yellow part of the bar graph shows the number of dogs that recovered after being diagnosed with heat stroke, and the brown part shows the number of dogs that died. Is represented. July, the hottest month in the United Kingdom, was the month with the highest total number of dogs diagnosed with heat stroke and the highest number of deaths from heat stroke.
The research team classified the causes of heat stroke in dogs and found that exercising caused 652, or 74.2% of the 879 cases in which the cause was identified. Other than exercise, environment (113 cases, 12.9%), leaving in the car (46 cases, 5.2%), trimming at veterinary hospitals or trimming specialty stores (40 cases, 4.6%), leaving in buildings (24 cases) (2.7%) was the cause of heat stroke in dogs.
Furthermore, of the 551 cases in which the types of exercise that led to heat stroke were known, 67.5%, or 372 cases, were 'walks,' and thereafter, running (97 cases, 17.6%), play (76 cases, 13.8%), It was a competition (6 events, 1.1%).
In addition, when the research team examined the attributes of dogs such as age and breed for each cause of heat stroke, 'active dogs such as young dogs and male dogs often suffer from heat stroke due to excessive exercise'. It is also confirmed that old dogs over 12 years old and short-haired dogs such as Chow Chow , Bulldog , and Pug have a lot of heat stroke caused by the environment, that is, just being hot has a high risk of heat stroke.
Mr. Hall said, ``It is often said that dogs are left in the car in the hot sun as a cause of heat stroke in dogs, but this research shows that walking and running a dog on a hot day is also life-threatening. It is therefore advisable to take a walk early in the morning and, in some cases, to cancel the walk while the heat wave is coming in. Also, exercising the dog can cause heat stroke even on cold days. Regardless of the season, when exercising your dog, take a good look at it and go to the veterinary clinic if you have any concerns.'
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