Scientist - Dog lover - Behaviour Analyst - CAAB - Assistant Professor in Animal Welfare @UBC
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Joined November 2019
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Dr. Alexandra Protopopova retweeted
Vets hold breed-specific pain sensitivity beliefs, but no scientific proof. Veterinarians' ratings were associated with dogs stranger greeting, but not pain sensitivity. Further research is needed to understand mechanisms behind pain management for dogs. frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
Dr. Alexandra Protopopova retweeted
📢New study alert 'Daily gabapentin improved behavior modification progress and decreased stress in shelter cats from hoarding environments in a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial' doi.org/10.2460/javma.23.01.… @BaileyHopeEagan @dr_prot @BC_SPCA
Dr. Alexandra Protopopova retweeted
What happens when pets are posted online for home-to-home rehoming? NEW open access research by @LexisHLy and @dr_prot investigates predictors of successful diversion away from shelters through an online self-rehoming platform doi.org/10.1017/awf.2023.8 #ubcAWPcompanion
Dr. Alexandra Protopopova retweeted
The best research yet finds no overall association between depression and pet ownership. By my count, of 51 studies on pet ownership and depression: no effect - 35 studies, pet owners less depressed - 6 studies, more depressed - 7 studies, mixed results - 3 studies.
A new paper led by my collaborators "Overall, we found no association between pet ownership and depression during adolescence" One for you @herzoghal doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.1…
Dr. Alexandra Protopopova retweeted
Monitoring the behaviour of individual animals is a challenge in shelters. Recent research shows that computer vision may be used for automatic behaviour monitoring. Check out this article in the new issue of West Coast Veterinarian Magazine here canadianveterinarians.net/me… on pg. 16
Dr. Alexandra Protopopova retweeted
When many cats in a recent study looked similar, we needed to find a new way to record animal behaviour in a shelter automatically. For our new study rdcu.be/cXXk4, we used computer vision for automatic animal behaviour monitoring @dr_prot @beneagan @BC_SPCA
Dr. Alexandra Protopopova retweeted
I’m excited to be presenting at the 2022 ASPCA-AAWA Research Forum! Join me and other animal welfare professionals online on November 9 to explore the results of new studies in community and shelter animal welfare: aspcapro.org/splash/aspca-aa… @aspcapro instagram.com/reel/CjQwObXJq…
Dr. Alexandra Protopopova retweeted
Join us to celebrate Pablo's graduation at UBC Human-Animal Interaction Lab 🥳🎓🎉🎊
Pablo the science dog is one the first few dogs who joined us for one of our in-person studies at UBC and helped us a lot.
Here he is celebrating his graduation with his mom 😍
Congrats Pablo!
Dr. Alexandra Protopopova retweeted
@dr_prot launches the new Human-Animal Interaction Lab! Learn about this initiative here
news.ubc.ca/2022/09/20/new-c…
#ubcAWPcompanion #ubcAWP25
A new lab at UBC’s Vancouver campus is looking for research participants—and not just anyone will do. The criteria? Must be furry. 🐶 bit.ly/3Bmk4EA
Dr. Alexandra Protopopova retweeted
It's #NationalDogPhotographyDay 🐶📷 Have you ever wondered what makes an appealing dog adoption photo? In an online experiment, @dr_prot et al. investigated whether artificial backgrounds affected adoption interest 🤔 Check out the study in @PLOSONE 👉tinyurl.com/4a75vx2a
ALT A photo of Sully, a grey and white 10-year-old Lurcher, against a photoshopped turquoise background. Sully's mouth is open and his ears are slightly pricked up. He is wearing a yellow Dogs Trust collar.
Dr. Alexandra Protopopova retweeted
. @BaileyHopeEagan investigated the effect of animal shelter sound on cat behaviour and welfare. Through her research, she found that there are various methods which can help reduce sound, and attempt to keep shelter noise under 60 decibels. Watch this video to learn more!
Dr. Alexandra Protopopova retweeted
Traveillez-vous dans un refuge pour animaux au Canada, aux États-Unis, ou au Mexique? Nous voulons vous entendre! Ici est noutre enquête sur lútilisation des médicaments anti-anxiété pour chats et chiens dans les refuges pour animaux: ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/fo…
Dr. Alexandra Protopopova retweeted
Thank you to the Canine Olfaction Research and Education Lab at @TexasTech (and their dogs!) for having @ubcAWP PhD Student @BaileyHopeEagan join their lab for a project assessing the palatability of bacteriophage applications to dog food @dr_prot @UBCFoodSafety #ubcAWPcompanion
Dr. Alexandra Protopopova retweeted
A new paper published by Antonio Hou with @dr_prot explores 5 years of rat admission and outcome data from the BC SPCA and discovers what characteristics of a rat increase its time to adoption. Read it here: journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…. #ubcAWPcompanion
Dr. Alexandra Protopopova retweeted
Training Dogs with Science or with Nature? An Exploration of Trainers’ Word Use, Gender, and Certification Across Dog-Training Methods @caninecognition #newcaninesci #dogs #science tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Dr. Alexandra Protopopova retweeted
🐕 New research from our @VetCompass programme now enables owners to predict the remaining life expectancy of their dog from different ages, with results broken down by breed and gender to make these as useful as possible for owners of many breeds.
➡️ rvc.uk.com/dog-life-expectan…
Dr. Alexandra Protopopova retweeted
If you have a purebred dog please consider helping my friend Amin by participating in his research project on dog learning!
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Dr. Alexandra Protopopova retweeted
Our new open-access paper investigated predictors of dog relinquishment to @BC_SPCA shelters. Particularly promising intervention opportunities for retention include improvement of pet-inclusive housing and animal care support in large population centres @dr_prot @ubcAWP 🐕
New Research: Reasons for Guardian-Relinquishment of Dogs to Shelters: Animal and Regional Predictors in British Columbia, Canada: Dogs are relinquished to animal shelters for animal-related or guardian-related reasons. Understanding what… frontiersin.org/articles/10.… #VetScience
Dr. Alexandra Protopopova retweeted
Great to see published research on pet rats. In an early study, we found rat owners loved their pets but were reluctant to let others know about their rodent companions. journals.plos.org/plosone/ar… @dr_prot
