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Online videos indicate human and dog behaviour preceding dog bites and the context in which bites occur

Overview of attention for article published in Scientific Reports, May 2018
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Title
Online videos indicate human and dog behaviour preceding dog bites and the context in which bites occur
Published in
Scientific Reports, May 2018
DOI 10.1038/s41598-018-25671-7
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Authors

Sara C. Owczarczak-Garstecka, Francine Watkins, Rob Christley, Carri Westgarth

Abstract

YouTube videos of dog bites present an unexplored opportunity to observe dog bites directly. We recorded the context of bites, bite severity, victim and dog characteristics for 143 videos and for 56 videos we coded human and dog behaviour before the bite. Perceived bite severity was derived from visual aspects of the bite. Associations between bite severity and victim, dog and context characteristics were analysed using a Bayesian hierarchical regression model. Human and dog behaviour before the bite were summarised with descriptive statistics. No significant differences in bite severity were observed between contexts. Only age of the victim was predictive of bite severity: adults were bitten more severely than infants and infants more severely than children. Non-neutral codes describing dog body posture and some displacement and appeasement behaviours increased approximately 20 seconds before the bite and humans made more tactile contacts with dogs 21 seconds before the bite. This analysis can help to improve understanding of context in which bites occur and improve bite prevention by highlighting observable human and dog behaviours occurring before the bite.

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Unknown 122 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 15 12%
Other 13 11%
Researcher 12 10%
Student > Bachelor 12 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 8%
Other 27 22%
Unknown 33 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 31 25%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 21 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 9 7%
Psychology 7 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 2%
Other 16 13%
Unknown 35 29%
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#158,302
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#1,904
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