A cross sectional study of the prevalence and risk factors for owner misperception of canine body shape in first opinion practice in Glasgow

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-74

  Courcier, E A ^a   Mellor, D J ^a   Thomson, R M ^a   Yam, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dog; Misperception; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OVERWEIGHT; OWNERSHIP; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SCOTLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84860390706     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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