Noise in dog kennelling: Is barking a welfare problem for dogs?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 321-329

  Sales, G ^a   Hubrecht, R ^b   Peyvandi, A ^a   Milligan, S ^a   Shield, B ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Potters Bar   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barking; Dogs; Housing; Husbandry; Kennels; Noise

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030906178     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01132-X     Document Type: Article

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