Using PetPace to Better Understand Stress and Adaptation in Shelter Cats
How continuous health and behavior monitoring helped researchers study how shelter environments affect cats stress Entering an animal shelter can be stressful for cats. Stress can impact their health, behavior, and even their chances of adoption. While shelters work hard to create supportive environments, some factors, like indoor lighting, haven’t been widely studied in real-life […]
Early Detection of Hyperthyroidism in Cat
Mya, a 14-year-old spayed female weighing 13lb, is an indoor-only, domestic shorthair cat who had no known medical problems. Carol Pipher, Mya’s owner and a veterinary technician from Southern Tier Veterinary Associates animal hospital in Vestal, NY, placed a PetPace collar on her for routine screening.
PETPACE EXAMINES THE POSSIBILITY THAT CAT’S WEIGHT LOSS WAS DUE TO A CALORIC EXPENDITURE
To examine the possibility that her weight loss was due to a caloric expenditure that exceeded caloric intake, Dottie was fitted with a PetPace smart collar to better quantify her activity levels and caloric expenditure.
Early detection of hyperthyroidism in cat
Patient Condition and History Mya, a 14-year-old spayed female weighing 13lb, is an indoor-only, domestic shorthair cat who had no known medical problems. Carol Pipher, Mya’s owner and a veterinary technician from Southern Tier Veterinary Associates animal hospital in Vestal, NY, placed a PetPace collar on her for routine screening. Monitoring Data and Medical Exam […]
AMERICAN PETS MORE OBESE THAN EVER BEFORE | Association for Pet’s Obesity Prevention (APOP) Study
The use of smartphone-connected wearables, like a PetPace health monitoring smart collar, can help pets shed extra pounds since Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP) released last month reveal a record number of U.S. pets are now classified as overweight or obese, with nearly 54 percent of dogs and 59 percent of cats being classified that way.
Early detection of hyperthyroidism in an asymptomatic cat
Patient Condition and History Mya, a 14-year-old spayed female weighing 13lb, is an indoor-only, domestic shorthair cat who had no known medical problems. Carol Pipher, Mya’s owner and a veterinary technician from Southern Tier Veterinary Associates animal hospital in Vestal, NY, placed a PetPace collar on her for routine screening. Monitoring Data and Medical Exam […]
PETPACE ENABLES EARLY DETECTION OF FELINE HYPERTHYROIDISM
“The data provided by the PetPace collar was what prompted us to thoroughly examine a presumably healthy cat. It enabled a timely diagnosis of a serious disease and turned my staff into believers in this innovative technology.”