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"The benefits of music are also being investigated in cats and other animals.
Scientists know that cats under general anesthesia remain physiologically responsive to music; furthermore, they appear to be in a more relaxed state when played classical music, compared with pop and heavy metal.
Musical pieces that are considered pleasing to the human ear often have a beat similar to the human resting pulse rate and contain frequencies from the human vocal range.
This principle has been extended to cat-specific music, which is composed of lines based on affiliative cat vocalizations, such as purring and suckling sounds, as well as frequencies similar to the feline vocal range, which is two octaves higher than for humans.
Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratios from blood samples were also measured to look for a physiological stress response.
The researchers found that the cats appeared to be less stressed during the examination — as indicated by lower cat stress scores and handling scale scores — when played the cat-specific music, compared with both classical music and no music.
“This effect was not reflected in the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, but 20 minutes may not have been long enough to allow music to affect this measure,” the scientists said.
“By decreasing stress levels, cat-specific music may not only have benefits in terms of the welfare of the cat, but owners can feel reassured that their cat will have a more comfortable visit, and the veterinary team will be able to assess their feline patients more accurately.”
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"The benefits of music are also being investigated in cats and other animals.
Scientists know that cats under general anesthesia remain physiologically responsive to music; furthermore, they appear to be in a more relaxed state when played classical music, compared with pop and heavy metal.
Musical pieces that are considered pleasing to the human ear often have a beat similar to the human resting pulse rate and contain frequencies from the human vocal range.
This principle has been extended to cat-specific music, which is composed of lines based on affiliative cat vocalizations, such as purring and suckling sounds, as well as frequencies similar to the feline vocal range, which is two octaves higher than for humans.
Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratios from blood samples were also measured to look for a physiological stress response.
The researchers found that the cats appeared to be less stressed during the examination — as indicated by lower cat stress scores and handling scale scores — when played the cat-specific music, compared with both classical music and no music.
“This effect was not reflected in the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, but 20 minutes may not have been long enough to allow music to affect this measure,” the scientists said.
“By decreasing stress levels, cat-specific music may not only have benefits in terms of the welfare of the cat, but owners can feel reassured that their cat will have a more comfortable visit, and the veterinary team will be able to assess their feline patients more accurately.”
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