Proceedings of a workshop to identify dog welfare issues in the US, Japan, Czech Republic, Spain and the UK

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 106, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 221-233

  Houpt, Katherine Albro ^a   Goodwin, Deborah ^b   Uchida, Yoshiko ^c   Baranyiová, Eva ^d   Fatjó, Jaume ^e   Kakuma, Yoshie ^f  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f TEIKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Behavioural problems; Dog; Euthanasia; Neutering; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANID; DRUG PRESCRIBING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34547781145     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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