Understanding the role of temperament in immune responses to disease, disease progression, and sickness behavior may improve shelter management practices, and in turn, result in improved live-release outcomes. While normally associated with mild disease and low mortality rates, respiratory disease nevertheless poses significant challenges to the management of dogs in the highly stressful environment of animal shelters. The aim of the study is to characterize the relationship between temperament, the HPA axis, and the occurrence and progression of upper respiratory disease in dogs at animal shelters.
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