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  1. An overview of dog training and behaviour

    Contributor(s):: Todd, Z.

    2022Veterinary Ireland Journal126320-3242009-3942Englishtext

  2. Effect of reduced dietary protein level on finishing pigs’ harmful social behaviour before and after an abrupt dietary change

    Contributor(s):: McAuley, Melanie, Buijs, Stephanie, Muns, Ramon, Gordon, Alan, Palmer, Maeve, Meek, Kayleigh, O’Connell, Niamh

  3. Creating resilient and sociable domestic pets

    Contributor(s):: Hargrave, C.

    2021CompanionOctober18-232041-2487EnglishASAB, London, UK.text

  4. Opportunities (and challenges) in dairy cattle cognition research: A key area needed to design future high welfare housing systems

    Contributor(s):: Nawroth, C., Rørvang, M. V.

  5. Effects of Therapeutic Horseback-Riding Program on Social and Communication Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Contributor(s):: Chen, S., Zhang, Y., Zhao, M., Du, X., Wang, Y., Liu, X.

    Animal-assisted therapy has become a fast-growing and effective approach for remediating core impairments of children with ASD; however, recent systematic review studies on the effects of AAT in children with ASD have some limitations, including referral to a variety of animal-assisted...

  6. Cat Foster Program Outcomes: Behavior, Stress, and Cat–Human Interaction

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    | Contributor(s):: Vitale, Kristyn R., Frank, Delaney H., Conroy, Jocelyn, Udell, Monique A. R.

    Recent research has demonstrated that cats (Felis catus) have greater social potential and flexibility than was previously assumed. However, many traditional cat care practices have been influenced by the misconception that cats are socially aloof. This can result in less support or guidance...

  7. Enrichment with classical music enhances affiliative behaviours in bottlenose dolphin

    | Contributor(s):: Guérineau, Cécile, Lõoke, Miina, Ganassin, Giuseppe, Bertotto, Daniela, Bortoletti, Martina, Cavicchioli, Laura, Furlati, Stefano, Mongillo, Paolo, Marinelli, Lieta

  8. Assessing effects of an assistance dog on social communication and interaction of a child with autism spectrum disorder and his family: An exploratory single-case study

    | Contributor(s):: Guay, Claudia, Forget, Jacques, Abouzeid, Nadia

  9. To pet or to enrich? Increasing dogs' welfare in veterinary clinics/shelters: a pilot study

    | Contributor(s):: Lopes, J. V. S. R., Daud, N. M., Young, R. J., Azevedo, C. S. de

  10. Cats vs. Dogs: The Efficacy of Feliway FriendsTM and AdaptilTM Products in Multispecies Homes

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    | Contributor(s):: Miriam Rebecca Prior, Daniel Simon Mills

    Seven percent of UK households are estimated to own both a cat and a dog, despite a popular view that the two do not live well together. This is the first study to evaluate the effects of pheromone products Feliway FriendsTM and AdaptilTM on cat-dog interactions, in homes where owners perceived...

  11. Dogs and wolves differ in their response allocation to their owner/caregiver or food in a concurrent choice procedure

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    | Contributor(s):: Isernia, L., Wynne, C. D. L., House, L., Feuerbacher, E. N.

     Dogs and wolves both show attachment-like behaviors to their owners/caregivers, including exploring more in the presence of the owner/caregiver, and greeting the owner/caregiver more effusively after an absence. Concurrent choice studies can elucidate dogs’ and wolves’...

  12. Animal-Assisted Therapy May Help Patients with Brain Injury

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    | Contributor(s):: Christopher Bergland

  13. Selection for reduced fear of humans changes intra-specific social behavior in red junglefowl - implications for chicken domestication

    | Contributor(s):: Gjoen, J., Jensen, P.

  14. Are multi-cat homes more stressful? A critical review of the evidence associated with cat group size and wellbeing

    | Contributor(s):: Finka, L. R., Foreman-Worsley, R.

  15. Neutering Effects on Social Behaviour of Urban Unowned Free-Roaming Domestic Cats

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    | Contributor(s):: Simona Cafazzo, Roberto Bonanni, Eugenia Natoli

    The “trap, spay/neuter, and release” programs to manage unowned free-roaming cat populations are diffused worldwide and they are largely advised even in countries where the suppression of unowned cats is enforced by law. Despite the massive neutering campaigns in the world, there is...

  16. The mechanics of social interactions between cats and their owners

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    | Contributor(s):: Turner, D. C.

    This is a mini review that summarizes what is known from quantitative observational studies of social interactions between domestic cats and humans in both laboratory colonies and the home setting. Only results from data that have been statistically analyzed are included; hypotheses still to be...

  17. Lying in spatial proximity and active social behaviours capture different information when analysed at group level in indoor-housed pigs

    | Contributor(s):: Camerlink, Irene, Scheck, Katharina, Cadman, Tasha, Rault, Jean-Loup

  18. Is individual temperament related to behaviors in a social context for a Neotropical parakeet species?

    | Contributor(s):: Ramos, Gabriela de Araújo Porto, de Azevedo, Cristiano Schetini, Lovestain, Dhiordan Deon Costa, Jardim, Talys Henrique Assumpção, Sant’Anna, Aline Cristina

    The relations of temperament dimensions obtained in tests traditionally used to assess interindividual differences with long-term behaviors and social rank of animals are poorly understood. Here, our aims were: (a) to investigate the relationships between temperament dimensions obtained through...

  19. The effects of social and non-social distracting stimuli on dogs with different levels of social competence – Empirical evidence for a canine model of autism

    | Contributor(s):: Galambos, Ágoston, Petró, Eszter, Nagy, Bernadett, Turcsán, Borbála, Topál, József

  20. Modulating captive mammalian social behavior: A scoping review on olfactory treatments

    | Contributor(s):: Barabas, Amanda J., Dijak, Stephanie R., Yatcilla, Jane F., Walker, Danielle N., Gaskill, Brianna N.