The effect of dog-human interaction on cortisol and behavior in registered animal-assisted activity dogs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 159, Issue , 2014, Pages 69-81

  Ng, Zenithson Y ^a   Pierce, Bess J ^a   Otto, Cynthia M ^b   Buechner Maxwell, Virginia A ^a   Siracusa, Carlo ^b   Werre, Stephen R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Animal assisted activity; Behavior; Salivary cortisol; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANID; SALIVA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84907709097     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2014.07.009     Document Type: Article

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