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: Received: 29 May 2023 / Approved: 5 June 2023 / Online: 5 June 2023 (10:13:20 CEST)
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Canfield, M.; Lavan, R.P.; Canfield, T.; Gingold, G.; Thomas, J.; Sampeck, B.; Springer, T.; Armstrong, R. Remote Monitoring of Canine Patients Treated for Pruritus during the COVID Pandemic in Florida Using a 3-D Accelerometer. Preprints2023, 2023060301. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0301.v1
Canfield, M.; Lavan, R.P.; Canfield, T.; Gingold, G.; Thomas, J.; Sampeck, B.; Springer, T.; Armstrong, R. Remote Monitoring of Canine Patients Treated for Pruritus during the COVID Pandemic in Florida Using a 3-D Accelerometer. Preprints 2023, 2023060301. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0301.v1
Canfield, M.; Lavan, R.P.; Canfield, T.; Gingold, G.; Thomas, J.; Sampeck, B.; Springer, T.; Armstrong, R. Remote Monitoring of Canine Patients Treated for Pruritus during the COVID Pandemic in Florida Using a 3-D Accelerometer. Preprints2023, 2023060301. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0301.v1
APA Style
Canfield, M., Lavan, R.P., Canfield, T., Gingold, G., Thomas, J., Sampeck, B., Springer, T., & Armstrong, R. (2023). Remote Monitoring of Canine Patients Treated for Pruritus during the COVID Pandemic in Florida Using a 3-D Accelerometer. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0301.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Canfield, M., Tonya Springer and Rob Armstrong. 2023 "Remote Monitoring of Canine Patients Treated for Pruritus during the COVID Pandemic in Florida Using a 3-D Accelerometer" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0301.v1
Abstract
Medical management of chronic canine pruritic dermatologic conditions is challenging and often frustrating. This is a report that shows one way of aiding the management of pruritic dogs using a remote monitoring device. It is often difficult for veterinarians to get dog owners to return to the clinic once a dog is treated. It is possible that a 3-D accelerometer device could provide information to the clinic staff on the success or failure of a pruritus treatment plan while the dog was cared for at home. Eighty-seven dogs and their owners came to a Florida dermatology specialty clinic or its general practice hospital to be evaluated and treated for pruritus. An ANIMO® 3-D accelerometer was placed on the collar of dogs diagnosed and treated for pruritus. Dogs that completed the study were monitored for 120 days (4 months). The ANIMO app monitored a dog’s daily scratching, shaking, sleeping, activity, resting, barking and calories consumed and summarized this information in a daily report visible on the pet owner’s smart phone. An additional variable (grooming minutes per day) could be seen by the Sure Petcare R&D Team that was not yet available in the app. The use of a 3-D accelerometer enabled veterinarians to continuously monitor dogs at home when they were being treated for itching. Clinic staff kept in touch with the owners by phone and could change therapy or bring the dog back for a recheck if problems were seen. Daily reports were combined into line charts that showed plots of scratching, shaking, grooming and sleeping over four months. Veterinarians were able to remotely monitor dogs that had been treated for pruritus for up to four months through the use of a collar-borne monitoring device. Dog owners and clinic staff used the daily summaries which were accessible through a smart phone app. Dogs seemed to tolerate the device well because of its small size and unobtrusive nature.
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