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  1. The Selection and Training of Shelter Dogs for Involvement in Canine-Assisted Interventions: What Are the Ethical Issues?

    Article • Veterinary Sciences, May 2025, MDPI AG

    Lieve Lucia Meers, Simona Normando

  2. Human-dog communication: how body language and non-verbal cues are key to clarity in dog directed play, petting and hugging behaviour by humans

    Article • Applied Animal Behaviour Science, February 2024, Elsevier

    Elizabeth Ann Walsh, Lieve Lucia Meers, Simona Normando

  3. Canine-Assisted Interventions and the Relevance of Welfare Assessments for Human Health,

    Article • Frontiers in Veterinary Science, June 2022, Frontiers

    Lieve Lucia Meers, Elizabeth Ann Walsh, DVM Vicky Antoinette Stevens, Dr Stephan Jens Laufer, Simona Normando

  4. The impact of Covid-19 on animal-assisted interventions

    Article • Journal of Applied Animal Ethics Research, May 2021, Brill

    Lieve Lucia Meers, DVM Vicky Antoinette Stevens, Mrs. Oksana Ulitina, Dr Stephan Jens Laufer, William Ellery Samuels Samuels

  5. Improving Upper Elementary Students’ Humane Attitudes and Prosocial Behaviors through an In-class Humane Education Program

    Article • Anthrozoös, November 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Lieve Lucia Meers, William Ellery Samuels Samuels, Simona Normando

  6. A survey of equine-assisted intervention programs and welfare implications in the Veneto region (Italy)

    Article • Journal of Veterinary Behavior, March 2013, Elsevier

    Lieve Lucia Meers, Simona Normando

  7. Variables affecting the prevalence of behavioural problems in horses. Can riding style and other management factors be significant?

    Article • Applied Animal Behaviour Science, September 2011, Elsevier

    Lieve Lucia Meers, Simona Normando

  8. Dog regulation in East-Flanders, Belgium

    Article • Journal of Veterinary Behavior, January 2011, Elsevier

    Lieve Lucia Meers, Simona Normando

  9. Equine-assisted intervention programs in veneto (Italy)

    Article • Journal of Veterinary Behavior, January 2010, Elsevier

    Lieve Lucia Meers, Simona Normando

  10. A conceptual study about ‘animal-assisted interventions’ in Antwerp (Belgium)

    Article • Journal of Veterinary Behavior, January 2010, Elsevier

    Lieve Lucia Meers, William Ellery Samuels Samuels, Simona Normando

  11. Is it wise to involve animals in prisons and rehabilitation programs? A study conducted in Flanders (Belgium)

    Article • Journal of Veterinary Behavior, January 2010, Elsevier

    Lieve Lucia Meers, William Ellery Samuels Samuels, Simona Normando

  12. Review: Relevance of stimuli used in canine behavioral testing with regard to proximal causality of dog bites

    Article • Journal of Veterinary Behavior, January 2010, Elsevier

    Lieve Lucia Meers, William Ellery Samuels Samuels, Simona Normando

  13. Effects of an Enhanced Human Interaction Program on shelter dogs’ behaviour analysed using a novel nonparametric test

    Article • Applied Animal Behaviour Science, January 2009, Elsevier

    Lieve Lucia Meers, Simona Normando

  14. Some factors influencing adoption of sheltered dogs

    Article • Anthrozoös, September 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Lieve Lucia Meers, Simona Normando

  15. Reply to Comments on “Paradoxial rate-dependent effect of fluoxetine on captivity-induced stereotypies in bank voles” Progress in Neuro-psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 29 (2005) 964–971

    Article • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, July 2006, Elsevier

    Lieve Lucia Meers

  16. Paradoxical rate-dependent effect of fluoxetine on captivity-induced stereotypies in bank voles

    Article • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, July 2005, Elsevier

    Lieve Lucia Meers

  17. Effect of Manual Imitation of Grooming on Riding Horses' Heart Rate in Different Environmental Situations

    Article • Veterinary Research Communications, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Lieve Lucia Meers, Simona Normando