Development of a discriminative questionnaire to assess nonphysical aspects of quality of life of dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1453-1460

  Wojciechowska, Janina I ^a,d   Hewson, Caroline J ^a   Stryhn, Henrik ^a   Guy, Norma C ^a   Patronek, Gary J ^c   Timmons, Vianne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEPHONE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DOGS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 26944443726     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.1453     Document Type: Article

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