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Pillars for successful operationalization of one health as an ecosystem approach: experience from a human-animal interface in the Maasai steppe in Tanzania
| Contributor(s):: Gwakisa, P., George, J., Sindato, C., Ngonyoka, A., Nnko, H., Assenga, J., Kimera, S., Nessele, M. O.
Background: Solving complex public health challenges requires integrated approaches to health, such as One Health. A key element of the One Health approach is the interrelationship between human, animal and environmental health and the associated multistakeholder collaboration across many...
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Biomedical research with a Caribbean one-health perspective
| Contributor(s):: Cheetham, S., Stone, D., Marancik, D., Kaplan, R. M., Olson, N. C.
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Reimagining Healthcare: Human-Animal Bond Support as a Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Public Health Intervention
| Contributor(s):: Hoy-Gerlach, J., Townsend, L.
The emergence of human-animal support services (HASS)-services provided to help keep people and their companion animals together-in the United States has been driven by two global public health crises. Despite such impetuses and an increasing recognition of One Health approaches, HASS are...
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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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Demographics and health care profiles of dogs and cats associated with the socioeconomic profile of their tutors in areas assisted by Family Health Strategies in Brazil
| Contributor(s):: Felipetto, L. G., Fernandes, F. D., Vogel, F. S. F., Flore, E. F., Botton, S. A., Sangioni, L. A.
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Outdoor Cats: An Introduction
| Contributor(s):: Lynn, William S., Santiago-Ávila, Francisco J., Stewart, Kristin L.
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Outdoor Cats: Science, Ethics, and Politics
| Contributor(s):: Lynn, William S., Santiago-Ávila, Francisco J.
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Applying One Health to Free-Roaming Cats
| Contributor(s):: Lindenmayer, Joann M., Bays, Danielle Jo, Pesek, Julia
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A Dog?s Dinner: Factors affecting food choice and feeding practices for UK dog owners feeding raw meat-based or conventional cooked diets
| Contributor(s):: Morgan, G., Williams, N., Schmidt, V., Cookson, D., Symington, C., Pinchbeck, G.
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Associations between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Dog Walking among Participants in the Dog Aging Project
| Contributor(s):: Collins, D., Lee, H., Dunbar, M. D., Crowder, K.
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Zoonoses transfer, factory farms and unsustainable human-animal relations
| Contributor(s):: Marchese, A., Hovorka, A.
Infectious diseases are rooted in unsustainable and unjust human-animal relationships. Zoonoses are facilitated by human proximity to animals, epidemiological risk embedded within factory farms, and exploitation of animals and humans in these intensive livestock production systems. The five major...
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Impact of disease characteristics and knowledge on public risk perception of zoonoses
| Contributor(s):: Spence, C. E., Jenkins, S. C., Osman, M.
Zoonoses represent a global public health threat. Understanding lay perceptions of risk associated with these diseases can better inform proportionate policy interventions that mitigate their current and future impacts. While individual zoonoses (e.g. bovine spongiform encephalopathy) have...
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Pet Owners' Perceptions of COVID-19, Zoonotic Disease, and Veterinary Medicine: The Impact of Demographic Characteristics
| Contributor(s):: Powell, L., Lavender, T. M., Reinhard, C. L., Watson, B.
This study aimed to investigate the impact of sociodemographic characteristics on pet owners' concern about the transmission of zoonotic disease and SARS-CoV-2, and to describe owners' perceptions of veterinarians and physicians as resources for zoonoses information. Between September and...
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Cat Owners’ Perceptions toward Flea Infestation and Flea-borne Diseases: Impact for Public Health and Community Awareness
| Contributor(s):: Azrizal-Wahid, Noor, Sofian-Azirun, Mohd, Low, Van Lun, Chen, Chee Dhang, Shohaimi, Shamarina
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A cross-sectional study of knowledge on ownership, zoonoses and practices among pet owners in northern Portugal
| Contributor(s):: Vale, B. do, Lopes, A. P., Fontes, M. da C., Silvestre, M., Cardoso, L., Coelho, A. C.
Pet ownership is common in modern society. In Portugal, 38% and 31% of all households own at least one dog or cat, respectively. Few studies have ascertained the knowledge of pet owners on pet ownership and zoonoses, and none have been carried out in Portugal. The aim of the present study was...
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Emotional Support Dogs' Effects on Anxiety, Depression, and Somatization in Elementary Students
| Contributor(s):: Spring, Truman
Within the last few decades, there has been an ever-increasing clinical role for trained emotional support dogs (ESD) and their trained therapists in hospitals, courtrooms, and schools. More recently, within the last 5 years, there has been a prevalent trend toward introducing ESDs into...
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Infection Control Insights for Hospital Animal-assisted Intervention Program Implementation: From Stakeholder Perspectives to Microbial Dynamics
| Contributor(s):: Dalton, Kathryn R.
Background: While animal-assisted intervention (AAI) programs have shown significant benefits to patients, there are concerns regarding their use in healthcare settings limiting utilization. This works aims to enhance the adoption and use of hospital AAI programs and understand the positive and...
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The Research of Standardized Protocols for Dog Involvement in Animal-Assisted Therapy: A Systematic Review
| Contributor(s):: Santaniello, A., Garzillo, S., Cristiano, S., Fioretti, A., Menna, L. F.
Dogs are considered the most important species involved in animal-assisted therapy (AAT), and the scientific literature focuses on the benefits linked to the involvement of dogs in various therapeutic areas. In this study, we carried out a systematic review according to the Preferred Reporting...
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Understanding Dog Bites: The Important Role of Human Behavior
| Contributor(s):: Reese, Laura A., Vertalka, Joshua J.
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Animal Therapy
| Contributor(s):: Winston J. Craig
