A recent cause-related marketing (CRM) trend for sport organizations has been to adopt a service dog that they will train and showcase through social media and at team events. This phenomenon is unique as these teams are utilizing the dog as a brand association but through a charitable lens in that ...

Air travel during the COVID-19 pandemic is challenging for travellers, airlines, airports, health authorities, and governments. We reviewed multiple aspects of COVID peri-pandemic air travel, including data on traveller numbers, peri-flight prevention, and testing recommendations and in-flight...

Dog ownership is related to physical activity. There could, however, be variances in the strength of this relationship between different cultures. The objective of the present study was to investigate activity behavior in dog owners (DOs) in Ger-many. Further, the association between dog ownership, ...

This article summarizes interstate animal import requirements and proposes options for preventive intervention of Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) infections and tickborne diseases in dogs, cats and livestock the USA.

Background: Rabies represents a major public health issue for travellers because pretravel preexposure (PrEP) rabies vaccination is not routinely indicated. For those unvaccinated, adequate postexposure prophylaxis (PEP), including rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) if needed, is the only effective method ...

This paper reports on an intercept survey of dog park visitors in Seattle, U.S., which was combined with Google Maps and Google Popular Times data to develop estimates of the number of walking trips, vehicle miles traveled (VMT), and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with traveling to dog...

EFSA received a mandate from the European Commission to assess the risks related to a possible reduction of the waiting period after rabies antibody titration test to 30 days compared with 90 days of the current EU legislation, for dogs moving from certain non-EU countries to the EU. This...

While the Covid-19 pandemic may have reduced the numbers of people travelling abroad with their pets, the soaring numbers of dogs being imported from overseas means asking where an animal comes from is an increasingly important part of responsible parasite control.

This book, inclusive of 19 chapters, focus on infectious risks associated with particular type of leisure activities, such as water recreation, camping, gardening, playing sport, interacting with pet and non-pet animals, receiving body modifications, mountain climbing, international travel and...

Citizen science may be described as a research involving communities and individuals, other than scientists. Following this approach, along with the evidence of a high prevalence of Rickettsia spp. in Dermacentor marginatus from wild boars in hunting areas of southern Italy, this study aimed to...