"She's a dog at the end of the day": guide dog owners' perspectives on the behaviour of their guide dog

A guide dog is a domestic dog (Canis familiaris) that is specifically educated to provide mobility support to a blind or visually impaired owner. Current dog suitability assessments focus on behavioural traits, including: trainability, reactivity or attention to environmental stimuli, low...

Study of the levels of human-human and human-animal empathy in veterinary medical students from Chile

Social relationships are based on our ability to put ourselves in the place of others, and from there to react appropriately and logically. This empathic ability can be extended to other species, based on the human ability to develop techniques to understand and communicate with animals. In...

Disparities in activity levels and learning ability between Djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus) and Roborovskii hamster (Phodopus roborovskii)

The Djungarian hamster and the Roborovskii hamster belong to the same genus of Phodopus. However, the Djungarian hamster is tame and shows sedative behavior, while Roborovskii hamster is not tame and shows high levels of locomotor activity. Hyperactivity occurs in animals with tameless behavior....

Animal-assisted therapy for inpatient adults

Autism and Equine-Assisted Interventions: A Systematic Mapping Review

Stepping out of the shadows of Alzheimer's disease: a phenomenological hermeneutic study of older people with Alzheimer's disease caring for a therapy dog

Therapeutic Horseback Riding Crossover Effects of Attachment Behaviors with Family Pets in a Sample of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

The Impact of a Horse Riding Intervention on the Social Functioning of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

More research needed on animal-assisted interventions in dementia

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Attitudes to and beliefs about animal assisted therapy for children with disabilities

Resolution of alliance ruptures: The special case of animal-assisted psychotherapy

Standing the test of time: Reflecting on the relevance today of Levinson's Pet-Oriented Child Psychotherapy

Animal-assisted psychotherapy: A unique relational therapy for children and adolescents

Effects of horseback riding exercise on the relative alpha power spectrum in the elderly

The beneficial effects of horse trekking on autonomic nervous activity in experienced rider with no disability

Maximum permissible load for Kiso horses trotting over a short, straight course

Animal-assisted interventions: A national survey of health and safety policies in hospitals, eldercare facilities, and therapy animal organizations

Políticas de controle populacional de animais errantes e de zoonoses

Este trabalho de conclusão de curso traz a problemática do controle populacional de animais errantes e de zoonoses no Estado brasileiro sob o ponto de vista dos direitos dos animais. Inicialmente se estabelece que estes são sujeitos de direito, os quais devem ser considerados...

The Animals in Our Stories: Reading Human-Animal History, Kinship, and Inheritance in Asian Diasporic Literature

This dissertation approaches literary animals in Asian diasporic novels through the concept of drawing close. I am interested in how literary animals can communicate an endeavour to draw animals close, and how literary representations of this closeness imagine normative human-animal relationships...

Institut Français de Zoothérapie

Développer des formations professionnelles et Universitaires aux pratiques de la médiation animale en Europe, en Tunisie et au Canada. Théorie, pratique.Aborder la dimension professionnelle sur la médiation animale et tout ce qui s'y rapporte. Programmes,...