Cuddle a Critter, Call Me in the Morning...
The Science Behind Our Relationship With Animals
September 28-29, 2001
East Lansing, MI

Abstracts
Below are all abstracts submitted to the 2001 Human-Animal Bond Initiative Conference.  Please note that all documents are in Microsoft Word format to preserve the formatting of the original document.

• Human-Animal Bond Initiative
• The Animal Welfare and Behavior Group
• Dog Ownership and Control of Borderline Hypertension: A Controlled Randomized Trial
• Presence of Pets Predicts Reactivity To Psychological and Physical a Among Hypertensive Caregiving Spouses of Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial
• Dogs Aren't Allowed In School
• Investigating Indicators of Pig Social Recognition and How these Are Affected By Cortisol and Age
• Therapaws of Michigan - A Paraprofessional Program of Canine Facilitated Therapy
• Animal Welfare Judging Teams - Can This Be a Way to Raise the Profile of Animal Welfare Science?
• Animal Assisted Activity and Anxiety Among Radiation Therapy Patients
• The Role of Visiting Dogs in the Lives of Nursing Home Residents
• Form and Functionality of Animal Directed Talk
• The Tuskegee Behavior Test for Selecting Therapy Dogs
• The Effects of a Therapeutic Riding Day Camp on Psychosocial Wellbeing
• Women's Health Outcomes with Social Support From Family, Friends, and Companion Dogs
• The Role of Companion Animals in the Adaptation of Chronically Ill Children
• The Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center

• Profile
• PowerPoint Presentation:  The Therapeutic Use of Animals, Especially for the Institutionalized Elderly

• Pets and Human Cardiovascular Health

• The Child-Animal Bond