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Human Animal Interaction
Welfare and Behaviour
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Welfare and Behaviour
New study shows cannabidiol (CBD) is effective at reducing stress in dogs
Biomarkers, Genetics
How an open-access database of dog and cat genomes can help advance individualised pet health
Welfare and Behaviour
Long-term daily dose of cannabidiol is well tolerated by healthy dogs
Biomarkers, Genetics, Microbiome
Joining forces with biotech companies to advance preventive pet health care
Biomarkers
How data science is helping us predict dogs’ chronic kidney disease risk
Welfare and Behaviour
How data can help us measure dogs’ health and wellbeing
Biomarkers, Genetics
A biobank for the future of pet health care
Human Animal Interaction
4 ways pets can help our mental health, according to science
Welfare and Behaviour
Pets and the monkeypox virus: what pet owners need to know
Welfare and Behaviour
7 ways to prevent and manage your pet’s separation anxiety
Genetics, Biomarkers
Unlocking the pet genome
Nutrition, Welfare and Behaviour
6 things you need to know about puppy care
Biomarkers, Nutrition, Genetics
Our 2021 pet care science stories
Nutrition, Welfare and Behaviour
How data is helping us tackle pet obesity
Human Animal Interaction
New study explores impact of pets on loneliness during pandemic
Biomarkers, Microbiome, Oral Health, Human Animal Interaction, Welfare and Behaviour
5 ways we’re advancing science to help dogs live happy, healthy lives
Welfare and Behaviour
How machine learning can track dog behaviour associated with illness
Human Animal Interaction
How pets can benefit our mental health
Welfare and Behaviour, Microbiome
Itchy pets: how to spot, prevent and treat pets’ skin allergies
Welfare and Behaviour, Microbiome, Genetics, Biomarkers
5 ways science is giving puppies a healthy start in life
Welfare and Behaviour
Talking about the weighty issue of pet obesity: 5 tips for veterinarians
Human Animal Interaction
5 ways to help your pet through lockdown and reverse the trend of pet abandonment
Biomarkers
4 ways innovation is changing veterinary care as we know it
Nutrition, Welfare and Behaviour
3 ways to keep your pet at a healthy weight
Human Animal Interaction
The benefits of adopting a rescue pet
Nutrition, Welfare and Behaviour
How growth charts can help puppies stay on track for a healthy life
Human Animal Interaction
First-of-its-kind risk assessment tool ensures the highest standards for animal-assisted interventions in schools
Human Animal Interaction
Why walking shelter dogs could benefit military veterans struggling with PTSD
Biomarkers, Genetics, Mars Petcare
VMX2020: How technology can drive preventive pet care
Human Animal Interaction
Pets against loneliness
Nutrition, Welfare and Behaviour, Microbiome
Why monitor your dog's feces?
Nutrition, Welfare and Behaviour
Overweight dogs may live shorter lives
Human Animal Interaction
Therapy dogs can help boost college students' attention, memory and help them tackle stress
Biomarkers
Genetic testing for dogs can help identify diseases and enable preventive care
Mars Petcare, Biomarkers, Welfare and Behaviour
Over 200K dogs take part in one of the largest tech-enabled pet health studies
Human Animal Interaction
How important is children's relationship with their pets?
Human Animal Interaction
Pet ownership can help us build social connections and a sense of community
Mars Petcare, Genetics, Biomarkers
Mars Petcare acquires dog DNA diagnostics company Optigen
Mars Petcare, Nutrition, Welfare and Behaviour
Survey weighs up potential reasons behind the pet obesity crisis
Nutrition, Welfare and Behaviour
Data experts define dog growth charts to help tackle pet obesity
Human Animal Interaction
Creature comforts: pet dogs provide stress relief for children
Human Animal Interaction
Study to examine possible benefits of dogs to veterans
Welfare and Behaviour
Differently sourced colourants may affect ornamental fish activity
Human Animal Interaction
New funding to advance research into health impact of therapy dogs
Human Animal Interaction
Pets can support healthy ageing: a guide to successful pet ownership
Human Animal Interaction
Researchers call for more studies looking at role of pets in healthy aging
Microbiome, Oral Health, Welfare and Behaviour
Good dental care for small dogs is critical to preventing disease
Human Animal Interaction
Pets can impact our physical, emotional well-being, social relationships and community connectedness
Human Animal Interaction
Dogs could help seniors be more active
Human Animal Interaction
Workplaces that don’t allow dogs could be barking up the wrong tree
Human Animal Interaction
How pets could aid learning in the classroom
Biomarkers
Research shows similarities between dogs and humans as they age
Welfare and Behaviour
Improving fish welfare
Human Animal Interaction
Is the pressure to be a ‘responsible’ pet owner increasing?
Human Animal Interaction
Pets can be good for you – but the evidence shows it’s not quite that simple
Human Animal Interaction
Dogs can help owners make new social connections
Human Animal Interaction
Coping with childhood stress: could a dog be the answer?
Human Animal Interaction
How neurobiology and genetics can help researchers understand human-animal interaction
Human Animal Interaction
Family pets can help boost children's development
Human Animal Interaction
Human-animal interaction: the hormonal connection
Human Animal Interaction
Pets estimated to save UK National Health Service up to £2.45 billion a year
Human Animal Interaction
Children may need to be more active with their dogs to see a positive impact on weight
Human Animal Interaction
Creative solutions could help seniors benefit from pet ownership
Human Animal Interaction
Could pets make good study buddies?
Human Animal Interaction
Pets prove to be a child's best friend
Welfare and Behaviour, Nutrition
The danger of pet obesity
Human Animal Interaction
Waltham-funded study to examine the impact of pet ownership on healthy human aging
Human Animal Interaction
Animal therapy: can the human-animal bond treat mind and body?
Human Animal Interaction
Walking the dog helps keep owners healthy and promotes community cohesion
Biomarkers
Dog breeds look different on the outside, but what about the inside?
Microbiome, Welfare and Behaviour
Do the microbes in a dog’s gut change with their waist line?
Human Animal Interaction
Violence against pets and domestic abuse: how are they linked?
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