National survey of owner-directed aggression in English Springer Spaniels

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 227, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1594-1603

  Reisner, Ilana R ^a   Houpt, Katherine A ^b   Shofer, Frances S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; DOG BITE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DATA COLLECTION; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 27744486328     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.227.1594     Document Type: Review

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