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Why Were Zebras Not Domesticated? A Review of Domesticability Traits and Tests of Their Role in Ungulate Domestications with Macroevolutionary Models

Animals
Since Darwin, many evolutionary and behavioral researchers have considered the role of phenotypic traits that favor the domestication of nonhuman animals.
Netzin G. Steklis, Mateo Peñaherrera-Aguirre, Horst Dieter Steklis, Isabel Herrera   +3 more
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Epidemiological Dynamics of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in the Horn of Africa: The Role of Virus Diversity and Animal Movement

Viruses, 2023
The Horn of Africa is a large area of arid and semi-arid land, holding about 10% of the global and 40% of the entire African livestock population. The region’s livestock production system is mainly extensive and pastoralist.
Fanos Tadesse Woldemariyam, Christopher Kinyanjui Kariuki, Joseph Kamau, Annebel De Vleeschauwer, Kris De Clercq, David J. Lefebvre, Jan Paeshuyse   +6 more
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Nay to Prey: Challenging the View of Horses as a “Prey” Species

Animals
This paper challenges the prevalent characterization of domesticated horses as prey species that inherently view humans as predators. Drawing on evolutionary, ethological, and cognitive evidence, we propose the “mutualistic coevolution hypothesis”, which
Netzin G. Steklis, Mateo Peñaherrera-Aguirre, Horst Dieter Steklis   +2 more
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Physical limitations of a Android smart phone when used as a platform for mobile canine computer interaction [PDF]

, 2011
There has been a great deal of research recently into human computer interaction, but we have largely ignored the rest of the animal kingdom. There is no simple and effective way for any animal, other than humans, to do even simple computing tasks. The ??
Setchell,Will
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Comparative analysis based on shared amplicon sequence variants reveals that cohabitation influences gut microbiota sharing between humans and dogs

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
IntroductionThe One Health concept is a comprehensive understanding of the interaction between humans, animals, and the environment. The cohabitation of humans and pets positively affects their physical, mental, and social well-being. It is recognized as
Yutaro Ito, Miho Nagasawa, Kahori Koyama, Kohei Ito, Takefumi Kikusui   +4 more
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Risk Factor Assessment, Sero-Prevalence, and Genotyping of the Virus That Causes Foot-and-Mouth Disease on Commercial Farms in Ethiopia from October 2018 to February 2020

Agriculture, 2021
A cross-sectional serological, active outbreak search and a questionnaire-based survey were carried out to investigate foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) sero-epidemiology in Ethiopia.
Fanos Tadesse Woldemariyam, Annebel De Vleeschauwer, Nato Hundessa, Ayelech Muluneh, Daniel Gizaw, Susanne Tinel, Kris De Clercq, David Lefebvre, Jan Paeshuyse   +8 more
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A fluffy friend can chase stress away [PDF]

, 2016
With final exams looming, VCU students could play with friendly dogs at “Paws for Stress” events held by the Center for Human-Animal Interaction and University Counseling services.
Mayfield, Jessica
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Contrasting human perceptions of and attitudes towards two threatened small carnivores, Lycalopex fulvipes and Leopardus guigna, in rural communities adjacent to protected areas in Chile [PDF]

, 2018
Indexación: Scopus.The interaction between humans and small carnivores is a phenomenon especially frequent in rural fringes, as is the case of communities surrounding natural areas. In Chile, two species of threatened carnivores, the Darwin's Fox and the
Acuña, F., Aguilar, E., Cevidanes, A., García, S., López, M.J., Millán, J., Napolitano, C., Sacristán, I.   +7 more
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Development of the cat-owner relationship scale (CORS) [PDF]

, 2017
Characteristics of the human-animal bond can be influenced by both owner-related and pet-related factors, which likely differ between species. Three studies adapted the Monash Dog-Owner Relationship Scale (MDORS) to permit assessment of human-cat ...
American Veterinary Medical Association, Anderson, Animal Health Alliance, Anna Holloway, Bradshaw, Downey, Dwyer, Emerson, Herzog, Howell, Jaume Fatjó, Johnson, Jonathan Bowen, Lago, Miller, Paula Calvo, Pauleen C. Bennett, People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals, Staats, Templer, Tiffani J. Howell, Wilson, Wilson, Winefield, Zasloff, Zasloff   +25 more
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Humoral Immune Response in Calves Vaccinated with Monovalent Vaccines or a Trivalent Combination Thereof and Matching of These Vaccines to the Selected Circulating Foot-and-Mouth Disease Viruses in Ethiopia

Vaccines, 2023
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is an endemic, highly contagious, and devastating disease of livestock production in Ethiopia. Control of this disease relies mainly on prophylactic vaccination by willing farmers without a countrywide vaccination program ...
Fanos Tadesse Woldemariyam, Demessa Negessu, Tsion Bilata, Ayelech Muluneh, Dereje Shegu Gebreweld, Ibsa Teshome Ebisa, Jan Paeshuyse   +6 more
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