Why Companion Animals Are Beneficial During COVID-19 Pandemic

Companion animals and pets can be helpful during the novel coronavirus-19 pandemic. Interactions with them and positive physical contact lead to a variety of physiological and psychological benefits. It also releases biochemicals which can further boost the immune system and enhance health and well-...

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Autores principales: Hunjan, Unnati G, Reddy, Jayasankara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Perspective – COVID 19
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7534124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33062853
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2374373520938904
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description Companion animals and pets can be helpful during the novel coronavirus-19 pandemic. Interactions with them and positive physical contact lead to a variety of physiological and psychological benefits. It also releases biochemicals which can further boost the immune system and enhance health and well-being. This perspective discusses the benefits of these interactions, the modes of interactions and the activities that can be used. It also highlights the individuals that should avoid this approach and the status of the animal’s health before engaging with them.
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spelling pubmed-75341242020-10-14 Why Companion Animals Are Beneficial During COVID-19 Pandemic Hunjan, Unnati G Reddy, Jayasankara J Patient Exp Perspective – COVID 19 Companion animals and pets can be helpful during the novel coronavirus-19 pandemic. Interactions with them and positive physical contact lead to a variety of physiological and psychological benefits. It also releases biochemicals which can further boost the immune system and enhance health and well-being. This perspective discusses the benefits of these interactions, the modes of interactions and the activities that can be used. It also highlights the individuals that should avoid this approach and the status of the animal’s health before engaging with them. SAGE Publications 2020-07-07 2020-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7534124/ /pubmed/33062853 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2374373520938904 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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