Some people have wondered about the disposition of a mixed meal by the conscious dog. One obvious place to begin scratching that intellectual itch is the study: “Disposition of a Mixed Meal by the Conscious Dog,” M.C. Moore, M.J. Pagliassotti, L.L. Swift, J. Asher, J. Murrell, D. Neal, and A.D. Cherrington, American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology […]
This experiment is one of the (so-far) few that explicitly consider the ‘Kicking the Barking Dog Effect‘: “Effects of anger and trigger identity on triggered displaced aggression among college students: based on the ‘kicking the barking dog effect’, ” Shen Liu, Wenxiu Li, Xinwei Hong, Minghua Song, Feng Liu, Zhibin Guo, and Lin Zhang, BMC […]
In what ways, for what purposes, are people using frozen dog sperm? The answer, or parts of it, are revealed in this study: “Rising trends in the use of frozen dog sperm: a retrospective study in Belgium and the Netherlands,” Guillaume Domain, Maarten Kappen, Amber Van Mil, Ilse De Beijer, Matthieu Van Puyvelde, Robby Van […]
This week’s Feedback column (that I write) in New Scientist magazine has four segments. Here are bits of each of them: Pet contributions — … Brad D. Lee of the University of Kentucky will present his views on the topic “Companion canine nutrient contributions to peri-urban environments“ … Mussel-bound death — … “Dramatic is the fate of a […]