Blood L-Lactate Concentration as an Indicator of Outcome in Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) Admitted to a Wildlife Rescue Center
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: biomarkers, blood lactate concentration, blood parameters, prognostic factors, roe deer
2020
Philosophy of a “Good Death” in Small Animals and Consequences for Euthanasia in Animal Law and Veterinary Practice
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal death, euthanasia guidelines, moral stress, veterinary ethics
2020
Dietary-induced modulation of the hindgut microbiota is related to behavioral responses during stressful events in horses
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: behavior, diet, horses, microbiota, stress
2019
Evaluation of a canine and feline behavioural welfare assessment tool for use in companion animal veterinary practice
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, cat, dog, veterinary practice, welfare assessment
2018
Physiological and behavioral effects of animal-assisted interventions on therapy dogs in pediatric oncology settings
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, animal-assisted intervention, behavior, salivary cortisol, stress, therapy dog
2018
Pilot study evaluating surface temperature in dogs with or without fear-based aggression
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: aggression, dogs, fear, infrared thermography, physiological measure
2018
Assessing stress in dogs during a visit to the veterinary clinic: Correlations between dog behavior in standardized tests and assessments by veterinary staff and owners
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research
Keywords: animal hospital, animal welfare, behavior tests, behavioral sciences, canine, canis familiaris, cats, ethology, guidelines, kappa, pain management, personality-traits, questionnaire, responses, scale, validity, veterinary sciences, welfare
2017
Empathy toward animals and people: The role of gender and length of service in a sample of Italian veterinarians
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research
Keywords: attitudes, behavioral sciences, communication, companion animals, education, empathy, gender, health, length of service, medicine, owner-veterinarian relationship, owners, pets, quotient, students, veterinary medicine, veterinary sciences, welfare
2017
Investigating attentional processes in depressive-like domestic horses (Equus caballus)
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: anhedonia, attention, behavior, behavioral sciences, biological, cognition, depression, donkeys, future, horses, psychology, stress, welfare, zoology
2016
A new method of walking rehabilitation using cognitive tasks in an adult chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) with a disability: a case study
Publication/Journal: Primates
Keywords: animal welfare, body weight, captive chimpanzee, chimpanzee, cognitive task, discrimination, paraplegic patients, physical disability, recovery, tetraparesis, treadmill, walking rehabilitation, zoology
2016