Challenges and paradoxes in the companion-animal niche

Animal Welfare

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 11-16

  McGreevy, P D ^a   Bennett, P C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Breeding; Cat; Companion; Dog; Domestication

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL WELFARE; ATTENTION; AUSTRALIA; BREEDING; CONFORMATION; CONSUMER; DOG; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENERGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOD; GENE POOL; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PET ANIMAL; REVIEW; SOCIALIZATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; WORKING ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77951703074     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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