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Relationship between sociability toward humans and physiological stress in dogs

Contributor(s): Yoon-Joo Shin, Nam-Shik Shin

Sociability is an essential trait for dogs to successfully interact with humans. In this study, the relationship between sociability and physiological stress was examined. Additionally, whether differences exist between companion dogs (C group) and shelter dogs (S group) was examined. Overall,...

The companion dog as a model for human aging and mortality

Contributor(s): jessica m hoffman, Kate E. Creevy, Alexander Franks, Dan G O'Neill, Daniel E. L. Promislow

Around the world, human populations have experienced large increases in average lifespan over the last 150 years, and while individuals are living longer, they are spending more years of life with multiple chronic morbidities. Researchers have used numerous laboratory animal models to...

Do Lambs Perceive Regular Human Stroking as Pleasant? Behavior and Heart Rate Variability Analyses

Contributor(s): Katie Osborn, Marjorie Coulon, Raymond Nowak, Julie Peyrat, Herve Chandeze, Alain Boissy, Xavier Boivin

Stroking by humans is beneficial to the human-animal relationship and improves welfare in many species that express intraspecific allogrooming, but very few studies have looked at species like sheep that do not express such contact except around parturition. This study investigated the way lambs...

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

Contributor(s): Sara C. Owczarczak-Garstecka, Francine Watkins, Rob Christley, Carri Westgarth

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...

One health: the importance of companion animal vector-borne diseases

Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Michael J Day

The international prominence accorded the 'One Health' concept of co-ordinated activity of those involved in human and animal health is a modern incarnation of a long tradition of comparative medicine, with roots in the ancient civilizations and a golden era during the 19th century...

Interspecies interactions and potential Influenza A virus risk in small swine farms in Peru

Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Sarah McCune, Carmen S Arriola, Robert H Gilman, Martin A Romero, Viterbo Ayvar, Vitaliano A Cama, Joel M Montgomery, Armando E Gonzales, Angela M Bayer

The recent avian influenza epidemic in Asia and the H1N1 pandemic demonstrated that influenza A viruses pose a threat to global public health. The animal origins of the viruses confirmed the potential for interspecies transmission. Swine are hypothesized to be prime "mixing vessels" due...

Zoo Animal Welfare: The Human Dimension

Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Cole, J., Fraser, D.

Vegetative symptoms and behaviour of the therapy-accompanying dog of a chronically suicidal patient

Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Sarlon, J.

To a Future Where Everyone Can Walk a Dog Even if They Don't Own One

Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Chen, E. Y.

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Sole causal therapy worsens outcome as compared to no therapy and combined causal and goal-directed supportive therapy in ovine septic shock

Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Kampmeier, T. G.

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Animal-Assisted Therapy as an Adjunct to Intensive Family Preservation Services

Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Flynn, E.

[Randomised controlled study of inter-hemispheric electroencephalographic coherence following assisted therapy with dolphins in children with autism spectrum disorders]

Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Ortiz-Sanchez, P.

Rabbit meat in need of a hat-trick: from tradition to innovation (and back)

Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Petracci, M.

Preliminary evidence is promising, but challenges remain in providing service dogs to veterans: Commentary on preliminary efficacy of service dogs as a complementary treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder in military members and veterans (O'Hair

Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Stumbo, S. P., Yarborough, B. J. H.

The Other Animal of Transplant's Future

Journal Articles | Contributor(s): Sharp, L. A.