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We hypothesized that transport elicits a stress response, which decreases with repeated transports. Beagle dogs were allocated to three groups (n = 6 each). Group 1 served as control in the stable in week 1 and was transported for one hour in weeks 2, 3 and 4. Groups 2 and 3 served as controls in a non-moving vehicle and in the stable, respectively, in week 2. All three groups were transported for two hours in week 6. Cortisol concentration increased during transports (p &lt; 0.001), and this increase remained constant with repeated transports. Cortisol release during two-hour transports was not affected by transport experience. Cortisol concentration increased twofold in plasma and eightfold in saliva, indicating an increase in free cortisol. The N\/L ratio increased during transport (p &lt; 0.05). Heart rate increased at the beginning of transport while HRV decreased (p &lt; 0.001). Heart rate and HRV neither differed among weeks nor between animals with different transport experience. During transports, but also in the stationary vehicle, dogs were mostly sitting, and time spent standing decreased during experiments (p &lt; 0.001). Licking the mouth was the most frequent behavior during transports but not in the stationary vehicle (p &lt; 0.01). In conclusion, a transport-induced stress response was evident in dogs. There was no habituation with repeated transports, and transported dogs may suffer from motion sickness.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ani10112114","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,16]],"date-time":"2020-11-16T21:48:52Z","timestamp":1605563332000},"page":"2114","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":32,"title":["Stress Response of Beagle Dogs to Repeated Short-Distance Road Transport"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Johannes","family":"Herbel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Obstetrics and Reproduction, Department for Small Animals and Horses, Vetmeduni Vienna, 1210 Vienna, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"J\u00f6rg","family":"Aurich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Obstetrics and Reproduction, Department for Small Animals and Horses, Vetmeduni Vienna, 1210 Vienna, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3604-4836","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Camille","family":"Gautier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Artificial Insemination and Embryo Transfer, Department for Small Animals and Horses, Vetmeduni Vienna, 1210 Vienna, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria","family":"Melchert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Artificial Insemination and Embryo Transfer, Department for Small Animals and Horses, Vetmeduni Vienna, 1210 Vienna, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6077-7362","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christine","family":"Aurich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Artificial Insemination and Embryo Transfer, Department for Small Animals and Horses, Vetmeduni Vienna, 1210 Vienna, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"197","DOI":"10.1136\/vr.144.8.197","article-title":"A review of the road transport of cattle","volume":"144","author":"Knowles","year":"1999","journal-title":"Vet. 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