Dog owners' perception towards canine heart disease: a behavioural study

Lim, Yvonne Yijun (2017) Dog owners' perception towards canine heart disease: a behavioural study. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

The keys that may affect owners’ decision on treatment of heart disease are their level of awareness and knowledge of canine heart disease. This study intends to determine the level of awareness and knowledge among dog owners; and examine the moderating role of relationship between attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control and empathic concern towards intention to treat if their dog was diagnosed with heart diseases. The behavioural study was conducted using interviewer-assisted questionnaire to collect data from 131 dog owners who visited to University Veterinary Hospital (UVH). Information on demographic, dog ownership, level of awareness of canine heart disease and intention to treat was collected. Majority of the dog owners (79.4%) were aware that dog can have heart disease but 77.1% rated that they do not understand about it and only 5.3% of them has good level of knowledge and understanding of canine heart disease. The main barrier of treatment was cost-related (31.1%). In this behavioural study, empathic concern of dog owners towards their dogs played a significant role in affecting their attitude and intention to treat their heart disease dog. The study concludes that owners’ awareness and knowledge of canine heart disease should be improved via educational intervention.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Depositing User:	Ms. Nordeena Abdul Aziz
Date Deposited:	17 Jan 2023 08:22
Last Modified:	17 Jan 2023 08:22
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/712

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