ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2024
Unconventional Animal Species Participation in Animal-Assisted Interventions and Methods for Measuring Their Experienced Stress.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Evidence of Physiological Comodulation During Human-Animal Interaction: A Systematic Review.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Pooled it
- Evaluating a Novel Cat-Assisted Training (CAT) Intervention for Youth with Developmental Disabilities and Their Family Cat.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Assessing Cat Welfare: A Literature Review on Behavioural, Physiological and Health Parameters with a Focus on Animal-Assisted Services (AAS).Veterinary sciences · 2026Review
- Guidance for protocol content and reporting of dog-assisted interventions in randomised controlled trials: explanation and elaboration of the SPIRIT 2025 and CONSORT 2025 extensions.BMC medical research methodology · 2026Article
- Alpaca Keeping in Hungary: The First Nationwide Survey.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- A Preliminary Study on the Role of Orexin A in Leydig Cell Steroidogenesis and Its Implications for Fertility in Alpacas (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- "The Sheep Did It Again": Replication of Animal-Assisted Treatment in Psychiatric Inpatients with Substance Use Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder in a Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Therapeutic effect of proprioceptive dolphin assisted activities on health-related quality of life and muscle tension, biomechanical and viscoelastic properties in major depressive disorder adults: case analysis.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
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Abstract
The participation of animals during complementary therapy for humans is a developing area. Dogs and horses are the most frequent partner species in animal-assisted services, but several unconventional species have also been involved, although there is a lack of information about the stress they experience caused by AAS. We conducted a comprehensive literature search, analyzing 135 articles with the purpose of investigating the effects of AAS on unconventional species such as guinea pigs, rabbits, farm animals, alpacas, donkeys, reptiles, aquarium fishes, and dolphins. We found that the relevant articles emphasize investigating the impact of animal-assisted interventions on humans, and they generally report positive outcomes. Limited data is available concerning the potential consequences the interventions may have on the animals. Therefore, it is our conclusion that more extensive studies should be conducted to get adequate information on stress experienced by animals during AAS, such as the measurement of biochemical parameters such as cortisol. Hence, meeting animal welfare considerations in addition to human interests could serve as a basis for the recommended methodology for therapies.
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