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
Empathy towards animals and belief in animal-human-continuity in Italian veterinary students
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, empathy, gender differences, human-animal continuity, veterinary medicine, veterinary students
2016
How good is this food? A study on dogs’ emotional responses to a potentially pleasant event using infrared thermography
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: behavior, dog, heart rate, heart rate variability, infrared thermography, positive emotion
2016
On-farm Qualitative Behaviour Assessment of dairy goats in different housing conditions
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, dairy goat, indoor housing, inter-observer reliability, pasture, qualitative behaviour assessment
2016
Use of Qualitative Behaviour Assessment as an indicator of welfare in donkeys
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: donkeys, qualitative behaviour assessment, welfare assessment
2016
A study on validity and reliability of on-farm tests to measure human–animal relationship in horses and donkeys
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: donkeys, horses, human-animal relationship, on-farm welfare assessment
2015
Validation of a fear test in sport horses using infrared thermography
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research
Keywords: fear test, horse, infrared thermography, validity, welfare
2015
Different problem-solving strategies in dogs diagnosed with anxiety-related disorders and control dogs in an unsolvable task paradigm
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: dogs, gazing behaviour, pathological anxiety, problem solving
2013
Social referencing: Water rescue trained dogs are less affected than pet dogs by the stranger’s message
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behavioural regulation, dogs, referential looking, social referencing, stranger, training
2013