Data collection and causes of euthanasia in dogs and cats: ethical-moral evaluation

Authors

  • Mariana de Souza Faculdade Dr Francisco Maeda. Ituverava- SP Brasil
  • Mariana Virgínia de Souza .
  • Izabela Andrade Pandolfi .
  • Romeu Moreira dos Santos .
  • Daniel Paulino Junior .

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31533/pubvet.v13n11a451.1-13

Keywords:

ethics, euthhanasia, veterinary medicine

Abstract

Euthanasia is the humanitarian death of an animal, performed by a method that produces rapid unconsciousness and subsequent death, without the goal of reducing pain and / or agony, or a method that uses anesthetic drugs in doses sufficient to produce a loss of consciousness. The present work is a bibliographical review approach to euthanasia in small animals and to bring a survey process over a period of 25 months, in which 2,982 animals were attended and, 41 were euthanized, 95.12% of which were dogs and 4,84% are cats. As three main causes of this euthanasia have now always been distemper, spine fractures and neoplasms.

Published

2019-12-31

Issue

Section

Medicina veterinária

How to Cite

1.
de Souza M, Souza MV de, Pandolfi IA, Santos RM dos, Paulino Junior D. Data collection and causes of euthanasia in dogs and cats: ethical-moral evaluation. Pubvet [Internet]. 2019 Dec. 31 [cited 2025 Jun. 6];13(11). Available from: https://ojs.pubvet.com.br/index.php/revista/article/view/727

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