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Family Bonds with Pets and Mental Health during COVID-19 in Australia: A Complex Picture
| Contributor(s):: Bennetts, S. K., Howell, T., Crawford, S., Burgemeister, F., Burke, K., Nicholson, J. M.
The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to the health-promoting features of human-animal relationships, particularly for families with children. Despite this, the World Health Organization's (1986) Ottawa Charter remains human-centric. Given the reciprocal health impacts of human-animal...
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Pooches on a platform: Text mining twitter for sector perceptions of dogs during a global pandemic
| Contributor(s):: McMillan, K. M., Anderson, K. L., Christley, R. M.
INTRODUCTION: Businesses commonly text mine Twitter data to identify patterns and extract valuable information. However, this method is rarely applied to the animal welfare sector. Here, we describe Twitter conversations regarding dogs during a global pandemic, assess the evolution of...
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Estilos de vida saludables: una ampliación de la mirada y su potencial en el marco de la pandemia
| Contributor(s):: Álvaro Tala Tajmuch, Eduardo Izarnótegui Vásquez, Cecilia Plaza
SARS-CoV-2 pandemic generated a profound impact on people's health, emphasizing the relevance of healthy lifestyles. Recommendations on how to maintain adequate physical activity, diet, sleep and social connection have been issued. However, it is worth expanding our look to other possible...
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Effect of Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) on Social Interaction and Quality of Life in Patients with Schizophrenia during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Experimental Study
| Contributor(s):: Shih, C. A., Yang, M. H.
PURPOSE: Most patients with schizophrenia exhibit low willingness to return to society because of negative social experiences. The COVID-19 pandemic led to severe social isolation for schizophrenia patients. However, animal-assisted therapy (AAT) can improve individuals' empathy, social...
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SARS-CoV-2 Affects Both Humans and Animals: What Is the Potential Transmission Risk? A Literature Review
| Contributor(s):: Santaniello, A., Perruolo, G., Cristiano, S., Agognon, A. L., Cabaro, S., Amato, A., Dipineto, L., Borrelli, L., Formisano, P., Fioretti, A., Oriente, F.
In March 2020, the World Health Organization Department declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic, as a consequence of its rapid spread on all continents. The COVID-19 pandemic has been not only a health emergency but also a serious general problem as fear of contagion and...
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Emergency fostering of dogs from animal shelters during the COVID-19 pandemic: shelter practices, foster caregiver engagement, and dog outcomes
| Contributor(s):: Gunter, L. M., Gilchrist, R. J., Blade, E. M., Reed, J. L., Isernia, L. T., Barber, R. T., Foster, A. M., Feuerbacher, E. N., Wynne, C. D. L.
Each year, millions of dogs enter thousands of animal shelters across the United States. Life in the shelter can be stressful, and one type of intervention that improves dogs' experience is human interaction, particularly stays in foster homes. Prior research has demonstrated that fostering...
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Frequency of SARS-CoV-2 infection in dogs and cats: Results of a retrospective serological survey in Sumadija District, Serbia
| Contributor(s):: Stanojevic, Slavoljub, Radojicic, Sonja, Misic, Dusan, Srejic, Damjan, Vasiljevic, Dragan V., Prokic, Kristina, Ilic, Nevenka
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Child sexual abuse survivors: Differential complex multimodal treatment outcomes for pre-COVID and COVID era cohorts
| Contributor(s):: Reeson, Matthew, Polzin, Wanda, Pazderka, Hannah, Agyapong, Vincent, Greenshaw, Andrew J., Hnatko, Gary, Wei, Yifeng, Szymanski, Laurie, Silverstone, Peter H.
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Susceptibility of domestic and companion animals to SARS-CoV-2: a comprehensive review
| Contributor(s):: Pourbagher-Shahri, Ali Mohammad, Mohammadi, Gholamreza, Ghazavi, Hamed, Forouzanfar, Fatemeh
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Encountering pandas and their valleys in precarious times: a tourism assemblage perspective
| Contributor(s):: Ong, ChinEe, Xu, SiMin, Yang, XueKe
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SARS-CoV-2 in animals: susceptibility of animal species, risk for animal and public health, monitoring, prevention and control
| Contributor(s):: Nielsen, Soren Saxmose, Alvarez, Julio, Bicout, Dominique Joseph, Calistri, Paolo, Canali, Elisabetta, Drewe, Julian Ashley, Garin-Bastuji, Bruno, Gonzales Rojas, Jose Luis, Gortazar, Christian, Herskin, Mette, Michel, Virginie, Miranda Chueca, Miguel Angel, Padalino, Barbara, Pasquali, Paolo, Roberts, Helen Clare, Spoolder, Hans, Velarde, Antonio, Viltrop, Arvo, Winckler, Christoph, Adlhoch, Cornelia, Aznar, Inmaculada, Baldinelli, Francesca, Boklund, Anette, Broglia, Alessandro, Gerhards, Nora, Mur, Lina, Nannapaneni, Priyanka, Stahl, Karl
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SARS-CoV-2 in Namibian Dogs
| Contributor(s):: Molini, Umberto, Coetzee, Lauren M., Engelbrecht, Tanya, de Villiers, Lourens, de Villiers, Mari, Mangone, Iolanda, Curini, Valentina, Khaiseb, Siegfried, Ancora, Massimo, Camma, Cesare, Lorusso, Alessio, Franzo, Giovanni
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Leveraging Campus Landscapes for Public Health: A Pilot Study to Understand the Psychological Effects of Urban Sheep Grazing on College Campuses
| Contributor(s):: Kiers, A. Haven, Nishimura, Kelly M., Dewa, Carolyn S.
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No indication for SARS-CoV-2 transmission to pet ferrets, in five cities in Poland, 2021-antibody testing among ferrets living with owners infected with SARS-CoV-2 or free of infection
| Contributor(s):: Kaczorek-Lukowska, Edyta, Wernike, Kerstin, Beer, Martin, Blank, Alicja, Malaczewska, Joanna, Blank, Miroslawa, Jalonicka, Anna, Siwicki, Andrzej Krzysztof
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Pandemic puppies and interaction
| Contributor(s):: Hedges, S.
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The Next Pandemic Might be a Petdemic
| Contributor(s):: Greene, Hillary
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Pet Ownership and Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Importance of Resilience and Attachment to Pets
| Contributor(s):: Barklam, Ece Beren, Felisberti, Fatima Maria
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Shattering Dietary Taboos in Post-Pandemic Era: Human-Animal Interaction in J. M. Coetzee's Elizabeth Costello
| Contributor(s):: Baturay Erdal
Many conspiracy theories and worst-case scenarios have been produced about the COVID-19 pandemic. With a reductionist approach, this new coronavirus disease outbreak has been regrettably confined to the simple matter that humans are exposed to viral pathogens of certain wild animals. However,...
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Quality of the Human–Animal Bond and Mental Wellbeing During a COVID-19 Lockdown
| Contributor(s):: Wells, Deborah L., Clements, Megan A., Elliott, Laura J., Meehan, Eimear S., Montgomery, Cora J., Williams, Grace A.
Companion animal ownership has been associated with a wide variety of physical and psychological health benefits. The extent to which a person gains any welfare advantages from the animal in their care, however, may be related to a wide variety of factors, one of which is the quality of the...
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Companionship and Worries in Uncertain Times: Australian Parents’ Experiences of Children and Pets During COVID-19
| Contributor(s):: Bennetts, Shannon K., Crawford, Sharinne B., Howell, Tiffani, Ignacio, Brian, Burgemeister, Fiona, Burke, Kylie, Nicholson, Jan M.