Behavioural effects of goats on disabled persons

Therapeutic Communities

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-309

  Scholl, Silke ^a   Grall, Gerlinde ^a   Petzl, Verena ^a   Röthler, Marlene ^a   Slotta Bachmayr, Leopold ^b   Kotrschal, Kurt ^c  

^a Austrian Council for Agricultural Engineering and Rural Development   (Austria)

^b Dogteam   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Animal assisted therapy; Goats; Long term human animal interaction; Multiply disabled clients

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149242433     PISSN: 09641866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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