Dog Ownership and Risk for Alveolar Echinococcosis, Germany [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022 Human alveolar echinococcosis is caused by the parasite Echinococcus multilocularis, and dog ownership has been identified as a risk factor. We sought to specify the factors of dog ownership underlying this risk by conducting a case–control study among ...
Julian Schmidberger +6 more
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Attitudes towards free-roaming dogs and dog ownership practices in Bulgaria, Italy, and Ukraine. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Free-roaming dog population management is conducted to mitigate risks to public health, livestock losses, wildlife conservation, and dog health and welfare.
Lauren Margaret Smith +5 more
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Dog ownership may promote cardiometabolic health in U.S. military veterans [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Dog ownership has been associated with reduced cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in civilian epidemiological samples. Associations between dog ownership and cardiometabolic disease were examined in the 2019–2020 wave of the National Health and ...
Steven H. Woodward +2 more
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Dog ownership, dog walking, and social capital [PDF]
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2021 Evidence for social pathways to health benefits for dog owners appears positive but less well-developed. Our study aimed to estimate the differences in social capital by dog ownership and dog walking status among young-to-middle-aged adults and older ...
Mohammad Javad Koohsari +9 more
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A Birth Cohort Analysis to Study Dog Walking in Adolescence Shows No Relationship with Objectively Measured Physical Activity [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2017 Physical inactivity during childhood and adolescence is a serious health concern. There are few studies of the activity undertaken by adolescents when walking with the family dog, and the effect of this on objectively measured physical activity levels ...
Carri Westgarth +6 more
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Dog ownership satisfaction determinants in the owner-dog relationship and the dog's behaviour. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Dog ownership satisfaction relates to the quality of life of both owner and dog, and when seriously compromised may even lead to dog abandonment. Knowledge on determinants of dog ownership satisfaction is limited, obstructing solutions for promoting ...
Ineke R van Herwijnen +3 more
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The Design Challenges for Dog Ownership and Dog Walking in Dense Urban Areas: The Case of Japan [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 There has been growing interest in the role of pet ownership, particularly dog ownership, in managing noncommunicable diseases. The built environment can act as a facilitator or barrier to owning a dog or dog walking.
Mohammad Javad Koohsari +9 more
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Protective effects of dog ownership against the onset of disabling dementia in older community-dwelling Japanese: A longitudinal study [PDF]
Preventive Medicine Reports, 2023 This prospective study examined the associations of dog/cat ownership with incident disabling dementia using propensity score matching based on the physical, social, and psychological characteristics of dog and cat owners.
Yu Taniguchi +6 more
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Evidence that dog ownership protects against the onset of disability in an older community-dwelling Japanese population [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Objectives This study examined the association between dog and cat ownership, the onset of disability and all-cause mortality in an older population. Dog and cat owners take more regular exercise and have closer social relationships than non-owners.
Yu Taniguchi +7 more
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Association of new dog ownership with physical activity and social contact: the retrospective study [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThis study investigated whether new dog ownership without past ownership leads to increased physical activity and social contact compared to non-dog ownership.
Yu Taniguchi, Maasa Kobayashi
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