Results 71 to 80 of about 8,503 (180)

Cutaneous application of SecurePig® FLASH, a Pig appeasing pheromone analogue, facilitates adaptation and manages social behavior during feeding in semi-extensive conditions

Porcine Health Management
Background Farm animals face several challenges throughout their lives, which can affect both their welfare and their productivity. Promoting adaptation in animals is one way of limiting these consequences.
Manon Chasles, Míriam Marcet-Rius, Jen-Yun Chou, Eva Teruel, Patrick Pageat, Alessandro Cozzi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Done deal—cohabiting dominant and subordinate dogs differently rely on familiar demonstrators in a detour task

BMC Biology
Background Companion dogs live in a mixed-species environment, where they can successfully learn from both humans and dogs. Breed type, the demonstrator’s behavior, and in multi-dog households, the dogs’ hierarchy are known influencing factors of the ...
Péter Pongrácz, Petra Dobos, Fruzsina Prónik, Kata Vékony   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dogs’ Gazing Behavior to Humans Is Related to Their Liveliness, Aggressiveness, and the Emotional Comfort They Provide

Animals
Gazing toward humans is fundamental in dog–human communication. This study aimed to characterize companion dogs based on their gazing behavior and to explore the potential links between gazing, personality (liveliness, confidence, aggressiveness, and ...
Eniko Kubinyi, Andrea Sommese, Márta Gácsi, Ádám Miklósi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of dogs is associated with owner management practices and characteristics, but not with perceived canine behaviour problems

Scientific Reports
Owned dogs are often regarded as family members, best friends, or even as substitutes for children. These new roles and their effects on human well-being have received scientific attention, but little is known about how attributing such social functions ...
Laura Gillet, Barbara Simon, Eniko Kubinyi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

People follow motivation-structural rules when they react to synthetised sounds

Scientific Reports
Emotionally expressive vocalizations can elicit approach-avoidance responses in humans and non-human animals. We investigated whether artificially generated sounds have similar effects on humans.
Beáta Korcsok, Tamás Faragó, Bence Ferdinandy, Ádám Miklósi, Péter Korondi, Márta Gácsi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Companion dogs show signs of jealous behaviour toward non-living agents

Scientific Reports
Dogs engage in social interactions with robots, yet whether they perceive them as social agents remains uncertain. In jealousy-evoking contexts, specific behaviours were observed exclusively when dogs’ owners interacted with social, rather than non ...
Judit Abdai, Beatrix Laczi, Fabio F. Agostinho, Ádám Miklósi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Author Correction: Developmental features of sleep electrophysiology in family dogs

Scientific Reports, 2022
Vivien Reicher, Nóra Bunford, Anna Kis, Cecília Carreiro, Barbara Csibra, Lorraine Kratz, Márta Gácsi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perceived costs and benefits of companion dog keeping based on a convenience sample of dog owners

Scientific Reports
The increasing trend of dog ownership is often linked to its perceived benefits for human physical and mental well-being. However, the psychological and practical demands of caring for a dog can significantly impact the owner’s quality of life and the ...
Laura Gillet, Borbála Turcsán, Eniko Kubinyi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quantitative ethology of schistosome miracidia characterizes a conserved snail peptide that inhibits host recognition. [PDF]

PLoS Pathog
Horejsi RV, Nelson CN, De Ruyter A, Gensch HM, Maasz-Seawright S, Weber C, Willett S, Olson SA, Wheeler NJ.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Animals as Communication Partners: Ethics and Challenges in Interspecies Language Research. [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Mamzer H, Kuchtar M, Grzegorzewski W.
europepmc   +1 more source