Behaviour test for eight-week old puppies - Heritabilities of tested behaviour traits and its correspondence to later behaviour

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 151-162

  Wilsson, Erik ^a   Sundgren, Per Erik ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behavioural test; Dog; Genetics; Ontogeny; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031850948     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(97)00093-2     Document Type: Article

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