article_snippet: Listening to AC/DC's Thunderstruck appeared to increase the stress levels of the animals.
article_snippet: Dr Miguel Carreira, a veterinary surgeon at the University of Lisbon, Portugal who led the study, said: 'After reading about the influence of music on physiological parameters in humans, I decided to design a study protocol to investigate whether music could have any physiological effects on my surgical patients. '
article_snippet: In the surgical theatres at the faculty where I teach and at the private veterinary medical centre where I spend my time operating, environmental music is always present. '
article_snippet: The rock music of AC/DC, pictured above, seemed to increase the stress experienced by cats during surgery .
article_snippet: Dr Carreira and his colleagues suggest that playing classical music during surgery could help make surgery safer and improve an animal's recovery.
article_snippet: Writing in the Journal of Feline Medicine, said: 'Use of certain music genres in the surgical theatre may contribute to a decrease in the anaesthetic dose required, reducing undesirable side effects of anaesthetic agents and thus promoting patient safety.'
highlights_snippet: When played AC/DC's Thunderstruck, the cats' vital signs showed more stress while pop music like Natalie Imbruglia's Torn gave intermediate results .