Effect of dietary protein content and tryptophan supplementation on dominance aggression, territorial aggression, and hyperactivity in dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 504-508

  DeNapoli, Jean S ^a   Dodman, Nicholas H ^a   Shuster, Louis ^b   Rand, William M ^b   Gross, Kathy L ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOG; FEMALE; HYPERKINESIA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TERRITORIALITY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY PROTEINS; DOGS; FEMALE; HYPERKINESIS; MALE; SEROTONIN; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TERRITORIALITY; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0034662723     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2000.217.504     Document Type: Article

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