The influence of toys on the behaviour and welfare of kennelled dogs

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 367-373

  Wells, D L ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Dogs; Enrichment; Housing conditions; Rescue shelters; Toys

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HABITUATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATION; REST; SITTING; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 4043070517     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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