Signalment factors, comorbidity, and trends in behavior diagnoses in dogs: 1,644 Cases (1991-2001)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 229, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1591-1601

  Bamberger, Michelle ^a,b   Houpt, Katherine A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Vet Behavior Consults   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; BREED; BREED DIFFERENCE; COMORBIDITY; DOG; FEMALE; GENDER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOBIA; REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; PEDIGREE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33751074933     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.229.10.1591     Document Type: Review

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