Evaluation of association between retention in the home and attendance at puppy socialization classes

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-66

  Duxbury, Margaret M ^a,c   Jackson, Julie A ^b,d   Line, Scott W ^b,e   Anderson, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Animal Humane Society   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

^e BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL RIGHTS; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; HOME; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIETY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

AGING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CHILD; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OWNERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0038207849     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.223.61     Document Type: Article

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