Factors associated with aggressive responses in pet dogs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 108-123

  Hsu, Yuying ^a   Sun, Liching ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aggression; Pet dogs; Temperament

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL WELFARE; CANID; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HOUSING CONDITIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 76449117916     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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