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Did you know? Therapy dog teams who visit the same area more frequently will experience a less stressful response according to a study that measured salivary cortisol concentrations in therapy dogs. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1558787818302193

Welfare considerations: Salivary cortisol concentrations on frequency of therapy dog visits in an outpatient hospital setting: A pilot study
Welfare considerations: Salivary cortisol concentrations on frequency of therapy dog visits in an outpatient hospital setting: A pilot study
The animal-assisted therapy field is exponentially growing under the lack of science-based evidence of potential risks to the animals…
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