Breed differences in canine aggression

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 441-460

  Duffy, Deborah L ^a   Hsu, Yuying ^b   Serpell, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aggression; Agonistic behavior; Breed; Dog

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL WELFARE; BREEDING; CANID; HOMINID; INJURY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 52949108463     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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