Humans have long realized that dogs can be helpful, in a number of ways, to achieving
important goals. This is evident from our earliest interactions involving the shared goal of …

Nonhuman animals are ubiquitous to human life, and permeate a diversity of social contexts
by providing humans with food and clothing, serving as participants in research, improving …

Non-typhoidal Salmonella represents an important human and animal pathogen world-wide.
Most human salmonellosis cases are foodborne, but each year infections are also acquired …

What purpose, if any, do pets really serve? Are they simply an outlet for misplaced love? Or
four-legged friends who help us to satisfy vital emotional needs? Whatever they are, when …

Since the late 1970s, scientific evidence has accumulated showing that pet ownership can
have positive effects on people's physical and mental wellbeing. This paper reviews the …

It is known that pet dogs can act as catalysts for human social interactions, and it has been
suggested that this may enhance feelings of well‐being. Two studies were carried out to …

Publisher Summary The advent of scientific medicine toward the end of the nineteenth
century had the effect of displacing companion animals from therapeutic settings. The goals …

This is the first book to collate and synthesize the recent burgeoning primary research
literature on dog behaviour, evolution, and cognition. The author presents a new ecological …

Substantial sums of money are invested annually in preventative medicine and therapeutic
treatment for people with a wide range of physical and psychological health problems …

Studies of the effects of Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAIs) face a number of theoretical
and practical challenges. Proposed theoretical processes for the effects of AAIs include …