Effects of dog-appeasing pheromones on anxiety and fear in puppies during training and on long-term socialization

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 233, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1874-1882

  Denenberg, Sagi ^a   Landsberg, Gary M ^a  

^a North Toronto Animal Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PLACEBO;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TIME;

AGING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; DOGS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHEROMONES; PLACEBOS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 58149158176     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.233.12.1874     Document Type: Article

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