Cats with inflammatory gastrointestinal or dermatological disorders exhibit increased care-soliciting and anxious behaviors.

IF 1.4 3区农林科学 Q2 VETERINARY SCIENCES American journal of veterinary research Pub Date : 2025-01-14 Print Date: 2025-03-01 DOI:10.2460/ajvr.24.10.0312

Eilidh J Gilbert, Lauren Powell, Carlo Siracusa

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Abstract

Objective: This study investigated whether the behavior profiles of cats with inflammatory gastrointestinal or skin diseases differ from those of healthy cats.

Methods: We identified adult cats within the patient database at the University of Pennsylvania's veterinary hospital that had been diagnosed with inflammatory gastrointestinal (n = 22) or skin disorders (17) and a control group of healthy cats (58). We collected data via owner completion of the Feline Behavioral Assessment & Research Questionnaire from March to May 2023 and conducted an observational study comparing the Feline Behavioral Assessment & Research Questionnaire scores between groups.

Results: Cats with inflammatory gastrointestinal or skin disease exhibited more etepimeletic (care-soliciting) behaviors than healthy cats, including purring (U = 1,396.50, Z = 2.03, r = 0.21, 95% CI, 0.00 to 0.50), trainability (U = 1,303.50, Z = 2.33, r = 0.24, 95% CI, 0.00 to 1.00), and sociability to people (U = 367.50, Z = 2.21, r = 0.26, 95% CI, 0.00 to 1.57). The inflammatory group also exhibited more anxious behaviors than the healthy group, including compulsive grooming (U = 1,736.00, Z = 4.91, r = 0.50, 95% CI, 0.33 to 1.00) and fear of novelty (U = 603.00, Z = 2.14, r = 0.25, 95% CI, 0.00 to 1.00). Additionally, cats treated with corticosteroids exhibited more anxious behaviors than healthy and nonsteroid treatment groups, including separation behaviors (χ2[2] = 8.22, η2 = 0.08) and compulsive grooming (χ2[2] = 25.35, η2 = 0.25).

Conclusions: Chronic inflammatory response is associated with increased etepimeletic and anxious behaviors in cats, and corticosteroid treatment is associated with anxious behaviors.

Clinical relevance: These findings suggest that monitoring anxious and etepimeletic behaviors may be relevant when assessing inflammatory disease in cats.

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患有胃肠或皮肤疾病的猫表现出更多的关心和焦虑行为。

目的：本研究探讨患有胃肠或皮肤炎症性疾病的猫的行为特征是否与健康猫不同。方法：我们在宾夕法尼亚大学兽医医院的患者数据库中确定了被诊断患有胃肠道炎症性疾病（n = 22）或皮肤病（17）的成年猫和对照组的健康猫（58）。我们于2023年3月至5月通过饲主填写《猫行为评估与研究问卷》收集数据，并进行观察性研究，比较各组猫行为评估与研究问卷得分。结果：患有炎症性胃肠道疾病或皮肤病的猫比健康猫表现出更多的喵星人行为，包括咕噜声（U = 1,396.50, Z = 2.03, r = 0.21, 95% CI, 0.00 ~ 0.50）、可训练性（U = 1,303.50, Z = 2.33, r = 0.24, 95% CI, 0.00 ~ 1.00）和对人的社交性（U = 367.50, Z = 2.21, r = 0.26, 95% CI, 0.00 ~ 1.57）。炎症组也比健康组表现出更多的焦虑行为，包括强迫性梳洗（U = 1,736.00, Z = 4.91, r = 0.50, 95% CI, 0.33 ~ 1.00）和对新奇事物的恐惧（U = 603.00, Z = 2.14, r = 0.25, 95% CI, 0.00 ~ 1.00）。此外，与健康和非类固醇治疗组相比，接受皮质类固醇治疗的猫表现出更多的焦虑行为，包括分离行为（χ2[2] = 8.22, η2 = 0.08）和强迫梳理行为（χ2[2] = 25.35, η2 = 0.25）。结论：慢性炎症反应与猫的兴奋和焦虑行为增加有关，皮质类固醇治疗与焦虑行为有关。临床相关性：这些发现表明，在评估猫的炎症疾病时，监测焦虑和兴奋行为可能是相关的。

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American journal of veterinary research 农林科学-兽医学

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1.70

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186

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3 months

期刊介绍： The American Journal of Veterinary Research supports the collaborative exchange of information between researchers and clinicians by publishing novel research findings that bridge the gulf between basic research and clinical practice or that help to translate laboratory research and preclinical studies to the development of clinical trials and clinical practice. The journal welcomes submission of high-quality original studies and review articles in a wide range of scientific fields, including anatomy, anesthesiology, animal welfare, behavior, epidemiology, genetics, heredity, infectious disease, molecular biology, oncology, pharmacology, pathogenic mechanisms, physiology, surgery, theriogenology, toxicology, and vaccinology. Species of interest include production animals, companion animals, equids, exotic animals, birds, reptiles, and wild and marine animals. Reports of laboratory animal studies and studies involving the use of animals as experimental models of human diseases are considered only when the study results are of demonstrable benefit to the species used in the research or to another species of veterinary interest. Other fields of interest or animals species are not necessarily excluded from consideration, but such reports must focus on novel research findings. Submitted papers must make an original and substantial contribution to the veterinary medicine knowledge base; preliminary studies are not appropriate.