Cranial dimensions and forces of biting in the domestic dog

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 362-373

  Ellis, Jennifer Lynn ^a   Thomason, Jeffrey ^a   Kebreab, Ermias ^b   Zubair, Kasim ^c   France, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Royal Canin Research Center   (France)

Author keywords

Bite force; Dogs; Food mastication; Modelling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DATA BASE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MASTICATION; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CEPHALOMETRY; FACTUAL DATABASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; BITE FORCE; CEPHALOMETRY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; MASTICATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 61549137097     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.01042.x     Document Type: Article

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