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Animals, Volume 14, Issue 3

February-1 2024 - 171 articles

Cover Story: Research into the impact of companion animals on well-being has been both extensive and inconclusive. The present research explored four relationship science concepts that may help clarify whether companion animals provide well-being benefits: self-expansion, perceived pet responsiveness, perceived pet insensitivity, and attachment. We focused on dog and cat owners’ depression, anxiety, positive and negative affect, and loneliness. We found that attachment, self-expansion, and perceived pet insensitivity all significantly predicted at least one mental well-being outcome. Loneliness emerged as a mediator in the relationship between perceived pet insensitivity, attachment, self-expansion, and all mental well-being outcome variables. These findings indicate that perceived pet insensitivity, attachment, and self-expansion may play an important yet neglected role in well-being outcomes. View this paper
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Articles (171)

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,106 Views
19 Pages

A Survey of Public Opinion on Community Cats’ General Health and Relationship Quality with Residents in Urban China

  • Xuan Gu,
  • Zilin Zhang,
  • Guo Peng,
  • Anru Ni,
  • Bo Wang,
  • Xiufan Xiong,
  • Yujie Liu and
  • Li Wang

5 February 2024

The management and coexistence of community cats in urban areas is a growing concern amid global urbanization. Through a survey-based investigation, we examine the residents’ perceptions of the general health of community cats and human-cat rel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,154 Views
15 Pages

An Assessment of the Epidemiology and Herd-Level Impact of the Fractured Humerus Epidemic in New Zealand Dairy Cattle, 2007–2015: Results from Four Studies

  • Jaimie C. Hunnam,
  • Kevin Lawrence,
  • Zul Bahar A. Rashid,
  • Ben Hitchcock,
  • Scott McDougall,
  • Alvaro Wehrle-Martinez and
  • Jenny F. Weston

5 February 2024

A multi-method approach integrating data from four independent sources was used to describe some key features of the epidemiology and estimate the herd and within-herd incidence of fractured humeri in New Zealand dairy cattle for the period 2007&ndas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,059 Views
12 Pages

Porous Zinc Oxide and Plant Polyphenols as a Replacement for High-Dose Zinc Oxide on Growth Performance, Diarrhea Incidence, Intestinal Morphology and Microbial Diversity of Weaned Piglets

  • Dongxu Ming,
  • Jizhe Wang,
  • Chenggang Yin,
  • Yiqun Chen,
  • Yanpin Li,
  • Wenjuan Sun,
  • Yu Pi,
  • Alessandra Monteiro,
  • Xilong Li and
  • Xianren Jiang

5 February 2024

The aim of this experiment is to evaluate the effects of adding porous zinc oxide, plant polyphenols, and their combination to diets without antibiotics and high-dose zinc oxide on the growth performance, diarrhea incidence, intestinal morphology, an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,248 Views
14 Pages

Purine Metabolism and Hexosamine Biosynthetic Pathway Abnormalities in Diarrheal Weaned Piglets Identified Using Metabolomics

  • Mingyu Wang,
  • Qin Zhong,
  • Huailu Xin,
  • Bing Yu,
  • Jun He,
  • Jie Yu,
  • Xiangbing Mao,
  • Zhiqing Huang,
  • Yuheng Luo and
  • Junqiu Luo
  • + 4 authors

5 February 2024

Post-weaning diarrhea significantly contributes to the high mortality in pig production, but the metabolic changes in weaned piglets with diarrhea remain unclear. This study aimed to identify the differential metabolites in the urine of diarrheal wea...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,710 Views
11 Pages

Six-Year Prescription Pattern of Antimicrobial Use in Cats at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the University of Pisa

  • Lucia De Marchi,
  • Matilde Vernaccini,
  • Valentina Meucci,
  • Angela Briganti,
  • Ilaria Lippi,
  • Veronica Marchetti and
  • Luigi Intorre

5 February 2024

The use of antimicrobials has greatly contributed to improving animal health. However, their inappropriate use reduces their effectiveness in treating bacterial infections and contributes to the selection of resistance. This study aimed to retrospect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,930 Views
15 Pages

Semiochemicals from Domestic Cat Urine and Feces Reduce Use of Scratching Surfaces

  • Lingna Zhang,
  • Edgar O. Aviles-Rosa,
  • Zhaowei Bian,
  • Kaz Surowiec and
  • John J. McGlone

5 February 2024

Scratching is a natural behavior in cats but can cause damage to household furnishings. In this work, we sought to identify potential semiochemicals in the urine and feces of domestic cats that may modify cat scratching behavior. Sex differences amon...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,088 Views
14 Pages

Assessment of Tumor-Associated Tissue Eosinophilia (TATE) and Tumor-Associated Macrophages (TAMs) in Canine Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder

  • Rita Files,
  • Victor Okwu,
  • Nuno Topa,
  • Marisa Sousa,
  • Filipe Silva,
  • Paula Rodrigues,
  • Leonor Delgado,
  • Justina Prada and
  • Isabel Pires

5 February 2024

Transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder is a significant neoplasm in dogs, characterized by a poor prognosis and a high metastatic potential. These canine spontaneous tumors share many characteristics with human transitional cell carcinoma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,574 Views
14 Pages

The Effects of Housing on Growth, Immune Function and Antioxidant Status of Young Female Lambs in Cold Conditions

  • Jin Xiao,
  • Wenliang Guo,
  • Zhipeng Han,
  • Yuanqing Xu,
  • Yuanyuan Xing,
  • Clive J. C. Phillips and
  • Binlin Shi

5 February 2024

Cold conditions in northern China during winter may reduce sheep growth and affect their health, especially if they are young, unless housing is provided. We allocated 45 two-month-old female lambs to be housed in an enclosed building, a polytunnel,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,082 Views
12 Pages

Population Analysis Identifies 15 Multi-Variant Dominant White Haplotypes in Horses

  • Aiden McFadden,
  • Micaela Vierra,
  • Holly Robilliard,
  • Katie Martin,
  • Samantha A. Brooks,
  • Robin E. Everts and
  • Christa Lafayette

5 February 2024

The influence of a horse’s appearance on health, sentimental and monetary value has driven the desire to understand the etiology of coat color. White markings on the coat define inclusion for multiple horse breeds, but they may disqualify a hor...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,271 Views
6 Pages

Effect of Feeding a Calcium Chloride Supplement on Sow Stillbirth Rate

  • Sahara Craig,
  • Si-En Ruth Khaw,
  • Kiro R. Petrovski and
  • Roy N. Kirkwood

4 February 2024

The present study was undertaken to determine the effect of daily calcium chloride (CaCl2) supplementation from day of entry into the farrowing house until day of farrowing (6.4 ± 0.3 d) on stillbirth rates. Landrace × Large White sows (...

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