Genetic parameters and environmental effects which characterise the defence ability of the Belgian shepherd dog

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 233-245

  Courreau, Jean François ^a,b   Langlois, Bertrand ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

Belgian shepherd dog; Defence dog; Environmental effects; Genetic parameters; Performance rate

Indexed keywords

CANID; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 18844405396     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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