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Overview

Daniel S. Mills is affiliated with the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom. Their academic contributions span several areas within veterinary and behavioral sciences, focusing mainly on human-animal interactions and animal welfare.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Human-animal relationships and interactions during the Covid-19 lockdown phase in the UK: Investigating links with mental health and loneliness, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Pain and Problem Behavior in Cats and Dogs, 2020, Animals
  • The Influence of Human-Animal Interactions on Mental and Physical Health during the First COVID-19 Lockdown Phase in the U.K.: A Qualitative Exploration, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Dysautonomia following COVID-19 is not associated with subjective limitations or symptoms but is associated with objective functional limitations, 2021, Heart Rhythm
  • A framework for understanding how activities associated with dog ownership relate to human well-being, 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Daniel S. Mills include:

  • Anna Zamansky
  • Kun Guo
  • Marcelo Feighelstein
  • Ilan Shimshoni
  • Claire Ricci-Bonot

Common venues where their research is published cover a range of relevant journals, highlighting their focus areas:

  • Applied Animal Behaviour Science
  • Animals
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Animal Cognition

The primary fields of study for Daniel S. Mills are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Veterinary science. Within these fields, subfields of expertise include Genetics, Small Animals, Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The main topics explored in their research portfolio comprise:

  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Veterinary Practice and Education Studies
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Veterinary Equine Medical Research
  • Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

Best Publications

  • Dogs recognize dog and human emotions.

    Natalia Albuquerque;Kun Guo;Anna Wilkinson;Carine Savalli

  • Canine anxieties and phobias: an update on separation anxiety and noise aversions.

    Barbara L. Sherman;Daniel S. Mills

  • Left gaze bias in humans, rhesus monkeys and domestic dogs.

    Kun Guo;Kerstin Meints;Charlotte Hall;Sophie Hall

  • The effect of increasing visual horizons on stereotypic weaving: implications for the social housing of stabled horses

    Jonathan J. Cooper;Lisa McDonald;Daniel S. Mills

  • BSAVA manual of canine and feline behavioural medicine

    Debra F. Horwitz;Daniel S. Mills

  • The effect of the kennel environment on canine welfare: a critical review of experimental studies

    K. D. Taylor;D. S. Mills

  • Clever hounds: social cognition in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris)

    Jonathan J Cooper;Clare Ashton;Sarah Bishop;Rebecca West

  • Human-animal relationships and interactions during the Covid-19 lockdown phase in the UK: Investigating links with mental health and loneliness

    Elena Ratschen;Emily Shoesmith;Lion Shahab;Karine Silva

  • The development and assessment of temperament tests for adult companion dogs

    Katy D. Taylor;Daniel S. Mills

  • Equine Behaviour: Principles and Practice

    Daniel S. Mills;Kathryn J. Nankervis

  • The domestic horse : the origins, development and management of its behaviour

    D. S Mills;Sue M McDonnell

  • Children Reading to Dogs: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

    Sophie Susannah Hall;Nancy R. Gee;Daniel Simon Mills

  • The use of mirrors for the control of stereotypic weaving behaviour in the stabled horse

    Lynn M McAfee;Daniel S Mills;Jonathan J Cooper

  • Pain and Problem Behavior in Cats and Dogs

    Daniel S. Mills;Isabelle Demontigny-Bédard;Margaret Gruen;Mary P. Klinck

  • Discrimination of human and dog faces and inversion responses in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris).

    Anaïs Racca;Eleonora Amadei;Séverine Ligout;Kun Guo

  • The Encyclopedia of Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare

    Daniel Mills

  • Reading Faces: Differential Lateral Gaze Bias in Processing Canine and Human Facial Expressions in Dogs and 4-Year-Old Children

    Anaïs Racca;Kun-Yuan Guo;Kerstin Meints;Daniel S Mills

  • The influence of dog ownership on objective measures of free-living physical activity and sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults: a longitudinal case-controlled study

    Philippa Margaret Dall;Sarah Lesley Helen Ellis;Brian Martin Ellis;P Margaret Grant

  • A triple blind placebo-controlled investigation into the assessment of the effect of Dog Appeasing Pheromone (DAP) on anxiety related behaviour of problem dogs in the veterinary clinic

    Daniel Simon Mills;Daniela Ramos;Marta Gandia Estelles;Claire Hargrave

  • Evaluation of dog-appeasing pheromone as a potential treatment for dogs fearful of fireworks.

    G. Sheppard;D. S. Mills

  • Practicing behavioural medicine: Introduction to the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Behavioural Medicine

    Debra Horwitz;Daniel Mills

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan J. Cooper
Jonathan J. Cooper University of Lincoln
Oliver H. P. Burman
Oliver H. P. Burman University of Lincoln
Lisa M. Collins
Lisa M. Collins University of Surrey
Mark J. Farnworth
Mark J. Farnworth University of Edinburgh
Gerd Kortuem
Gerd Kortuem Delft University of Technology
Robert N. Harris
Robert N. Harris Oregon State University
Rupert Palme
Rupert Palme University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Georgia Mason
Georgia Mason University of Guelph
Katherine A. Houpt
Katherine A. Houpt Cornell University

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