Dog keeping in Taiwan: Its contribution to the problem of free-roaming dogs

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-23

  Hsu, Yuying ^a   Severinghaus, Lucia Liu ^b   Serpell, James A ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOG; DOMESTICATION; ETHNOLOGY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; REGISTRATION; RELIGION; SAMPLE SIZE; TAIWAN; TELEPHONE; ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHILD; DOGS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; OWNERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 0043288073     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327604JAWS0601_01     Document Type: Article

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