The influence of visual stimulation on the behaviour of dogs housed in a rescue shelter

Animal Welfare

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-148

  Graham, L ^a   Wells, D L ^a   Hepper, P G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Dogs; Enrichment; Rescue shelters; Television; Visual stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; MALE; NONHUMAN; RETINA IMAGE; SITTING; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDING; TELEVISION; TIME; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 18344385159     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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