Cortisol and behavioral responses to enrichment in military working dogs

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 255-265

  Lefebvre, Diane ^a,b   Giffroy, Jean Marie ^a   Diederich, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behavior; Dog; Enrichment frequency; Exercise; Human contact; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 59449102288     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-008-0114-z     Document Type: Article

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