Interdog household aggression: 38 cases (2006-2007)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 238, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 731-740

  Wrubel, Kathryn M ^a,b   Moon Fanelli, Alice A ^a,c   Maranda, Louise S ^a,d   Dodman, Nicholas H ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Veterinary Referral Hospital   (United States)

^c Brooklyn Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; DOG; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOGS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; MALE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 79953705659     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.238.6.731     Document Type: Article

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