A Qualitative Study of Parents' Experiences of Bonding in End-of-Life Care in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Aim: To examine the parent's experiences of bonding in the care of newborns who were seriously ill during the neonatal period and did not survive.

Design: Data were collected through 7 interviews with 10 parents whose infants were cared for and died in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Methods: The interviews were pilot processed using inductive content analysis and then processed again using deductive content analysis with the attachment theory applied as a theoretical frame.

Children's interaction with a dog when having Animal Assisted Activity in paediatric hospital care.

The aim of the study was to investigate the interaction process between child and dog and how it possibly affects children's wellbeing during Animal Assisted Activity. Children have reported negative feelings such as fear and anxiety when being cared for in hospital and various kinds of complementary treatment can alleviate this. Different complementary treatments, including interaction with a dog, can create positive emotions and the treatment has been reported to have both physiological and psychological beneficial effects.

Concentration of carprofen in the milk of lactating bitches after cesarean section and during inflammatory conditions.

Pain treatment of lactating bitches is a clinically relevant, but complicated issue. Published scientific studies regarding the excretion of drugs in canine milk are scarce. When considering the risk of side effects in their offspring, lactating bitches have traditionally received very restricted analgesic and anti-inflammatory therapy.

STANDING SEDATION WITH XYLAZINE AND REVERSAL WITH YOHIMBINE IN JUVENILE ASIAN ELEPHANTS ().

Evaluation and improvement of immobilization methods are important for wildlife welfare and biodiversity conservation. The sedative and physiological effects of xylazine (50-110 mg per elephant; 0.09-0.

Low risk of transmission of pathogenic bacteria between children and the assistance dog during animal-assisted therapy if strict rules are followed.

This study explored the bacterial transmission between patients and dogs during dog-assisted therapy (DAT). Twenty children (55% girls) with a median age of 7 years (range 3-17 years) were included. Two dogs assisted and the conditions were more restricted hygienically with dog 2.