Evaluation of behaviour testing for human directed aggression in dogs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 128, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 78-90

  van der Borg, Joanne A M ^a   Beerda, Bonne ^a   Ooms, Monique ^a   de Souza, Adriana Silveira ^a   van Hagen, Marjan ^b   Kemp, Bas ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Kennel Club   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour test; Dog; Feasibility; Human directed aggression; Reliability; Saliva cortisol; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANID; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 78549239486     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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