| HPA | Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal |
| OT | Oxytocin |
| AVP | Vasopressin |
| sOT | Salivary Oxytocin |
| sAVP | Salivary Vasopressin |
| PRISMA-ScR | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews |
| WoS | Web of Science |
| ELISA | Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; |
| HPLC-MS | High-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry |
| LC-MS | Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| HAI | Human-animal interaction |
| AAIs | Animal-assisted interventions |
| M/DORS | Monash Dog-Owner Relationship |
| UHPLC | Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| SRP | Separation-Related Problems |