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- Title
Status and Practice of Therapy Goat in the World.
- Authors
Kohsaku Nitta; Weiping Cheng; Toshihide Harada; Fumiko Ishizaki; Yumiko Nitta; Yumiko Miki; Hideaki Numamoto; Naotaka Yoshikawa; Yoshitaka Nobukuni; Miwa Hayama; Shoji Ito; Hiroyuki Miyazaki; Satomi Aoi; Hiromi Ikeda; Tadayuki Iida; Juko Ando; Masato Kobayashi; Makoto Ito; Yuka Nitta; Tsuneshi Sugawara
- Abstract
Objective: Goat therapy is widely used and recognized for the medical benefits. Design: A clinical study. Materials and Methods: We intercrossed Tokara male goat with Alpine, Saanen, Shiba and Korean goat. At the same time, we have stationed the trained therapy goat under a specialist handler. We investigated changes in the moods when interacting with the therapy goat. Results: Many of the patients had experience interacting with goat and were interested in and favorable toward interacting with the stationed therapy goat. Conclusions: Quality of life of people in the elderly nursing home, elementary and high school and preschool children was improved. The therapy goat indicated an increased mood effect on rehabilitation.
- Subjects
JAPAN; ELDER care; GOATS; HIGH school students; HUMAN-animal relationships; MEDICAL rehabilitation; PATIENTS; PEDIATRICS; PETS; QUALITY of life; SCHOOL children; PET therapy; TREATMENT effectiveness
- Publication
International Medical Journal, 2020, Vol 27, Issue 5, p616
- ISSN
1341-2051
- Publication type
Article