TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - 'Battered pets': features that raise suspicion of non-accidental injury
JO  - Journal of Small Animal Practice
A1  - Munro, H. M.
A1  - Thrusfield, M. V.
SP  - 218
EP  - 226
VL  - 42
IS  - 5
N2  - A study of veterinarians' perceptions, and experience, of non-accidental injury (NAI) to pets was undertaken using an anonymous questionnaire distributed to a random sample of 1000 small animal practitioners in the UK. NAI was acknowledged by 91.3 per cent (95 per cent confidence interval, 88.2 to 93.9 per cent) of the 404 respondents who returned questionnaires, of whom 48.3 per cent (95 per cent confidence interval, 43.4 to 53.1 per cent) had either suspected or seen NAI. Four hundred and forty-eight cases were documented, predominantly in dogs (243) and cats (182). Factors either raising suspicion, or facilitating recognition, of NAI included: implication of a particular person, features of the history, referral agency involvement, behaviour of the owner and/or the animal, nature of the injuries, and socioeconomic class of owners. Additionally, sexual abuse and suspected cases of Munchausen syndrome by proxy were recorded.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-4510
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -