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Animal-Assisted Therapy: Benefits and Implications for Professionals in the Field of Rehabilitation [PDF]

, 2014
The use of animals for therapeutic purposes has been done for centuries. It wasn’t until the 20th century when people began to realize the potential the human-animal interaction had on our overall health.
Mangalavite, Amanda M.
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An economic approach to collective management of endemic animal diseases [PDF]

The control of animal diseases is an issue of particular interest in animal production chains. Because of their direct impact on production, animal diseases generate income shortfalls for farmers.
Krebs, Stephane, Rat-Aspert, Olivier
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Advancing Human-Animal Interaction to Counter Social Isolation and Loneliness in the Time of COVID-19: A Model for an Interdisciplinary Public Health Consortium. [PDF]

Animals (Basel), 2021
Hughes AM, Braun L, Putnam A, Martinez D, Fine A.   +4 more
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The uncanny valley effect and immune activation in virtual reality

Scientific Reports
The uncanny valley effect describes a phenomenon where humanoid, almost lifelike virtual agents evoke feelings of discomfort in the observers. The Pathogen Avoidance Hypothesis proposes that these feelings are based on a cognitive mechanism that ...
Esther K. Diekhof, Svenja Kastner, Donna Deinert, Monika Foerster, Frank Steinicke   +4 more
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he domestication of andean camelids as a process of human-animal interaction [PDF]

, 2013
Este trabajo analiza los mecanismos de la domesticación de la llama (Lama glama) a partir de su ancestro silvestre, el guanaco (Lama guanicoe) haciendo hincapié en las etapas que componen el proceso.
Bibiana Vilá, Yacobaccio, Hugo Daniel
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Navigating the nuances of studying animal facial behaviors with Facial Action Coding Systems

Frontiers in Ethology
Facial Action Coding Systems (FACS) are some of the most systematic and standardized methods for studying the physical aspects of animal facial behavior. Although FACS manuals provide some guidance on how to implement their coding system, they often lack
Brittany N. Florkiewicz, Brittany N. Florkiewicz   +1 more
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Comparative analysis of SLA-1 and SLA-2 genetic diversity in exotic, hybrid, and local pig breeds of Cameroon in relation to adaptive immunity against African swine virus

ImmunoInformatics
African swine fever is a severe hemorrhagic swine disease that greatly affects smallholder pig farm productivity in low-income countries as well as some developed countries.
Ebanja Joseph Ebwanga, Jess Bouhuijzen Wenger, Robert Adamu Shey, Nadine Buys, Rob Lavigne, Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu, Jan Paeshuyse   +6 more
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Detection and genetic diversity of Wolbachia and its associated prophage WO in mosquito populations from Ethiopia

Scientific Reports
Arboviral diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, including dengue, Chikungunya, Zika, yellow fever, West Nile virus (WNV), and Rift Valley fever (RVF), pose a significant public health challenge globally, particularly impacting populations in low and middle-
Samson Leta, Meskerem Mulisa Misgana, Bethel Befekadu Jaleta, Tesfaye Rufael Chibssa, Rob Lavigne, Jan Paeshuyse   +5 more
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Spatiotemporal analysis and forecasting of lumpy skin disease outbreaks in Ethiopia based on retrospective outbreak reports

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
IntroductionLumpy skin disease is a viral disease that affects cattle belonging to genus Capripoxvirus (Poxviridae) and lead to significant economic losses.ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to evaluate the distribution of lumpy skin disease (LSD ...
Shimels Tesfaye, Shimels Tesfaye, Fikru Regassa, Fikru Regassa, Gashaw Beyene, Gashaw Beyene, Samson Leta, Samson Leta, Jan Paeshuyse   +8 more
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Validation of the Human-Animal Interaction Scale (HAIS) in Czech Language. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2020
Machová K, Juríčková V, Nekovářová T, Svobodová I.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source