As well as activities like cognitive bias testing, we use choice (which one do you prefer?) & motivation (how much does this matter to you?) tests in #science to help learn what animals need / want to enjoy good #animalwelfare. Assessment uses behaviour & physiology 🖼@AllieBrosh
In my PhD I collected saliva from young Guide Dogs 🦮 to monitor stress using cortisol. This led to collaborating with @NDreschel @PENNSTATEU1 to do a meta-analysis of lots of studies who had tested salivary cortisol in dogs. Representing over 3L of dog spit 🐶💦 it was awesome!
We were able to identify significant factors that could impact cortisol results using the power of all the different studies. It was a helpful contribution for comparing studies & shaping future atudy design. Cortisol is widely used but still much to learn blogs.scientificamerican.com/dog-spies/what…
The actual paper is here if you’re really into dog spit 😆 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… (If you don’t have journal access, please know you can always email authors to request a PDF of their article - make our day!) #science
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