Attitudes of Finnish dog-owners about programs to control canine genetic diseases

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 145-158

  Leppänen, Minna ^a   Paloheimo, Annukka ^b   Saloniemi, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Oxshott Kt 22 0EY ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dog; Finland; Genetic disease; Health programs; Human animal relationships; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIGREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0343340003     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(99)00098-7     Document Type: Article

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