Reforging the bond - Towards successful canine adoption

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 227-245

  Marston, Linda C ^a   Bennett, Pauleen C ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal behaviour; Animal welfare; Canine; Dog; Human animal relationships

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIOR; CANID;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0041851113     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(03)00135-7     Document Type: Article

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