Breeding for quality of life

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages 125-128

  McGreevy, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Breeding; Dog; Epidemiology; Inherited disorder; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMAL WELLBEING; BREEDING; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC DISORDER; INCIDENCE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STANDARD; TEMPERAMENT;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34250159503     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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