Caregiver placebo effect for dogs with lameness from osteoarthritis

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 241, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1314-1319

  Conzemius, Michael G ^a   Evans, Richard B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAREGIVER; DOG; DOG DISEASE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOLOGY; PLACEBO EFFECT; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CAREGIVERS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PLACEBO EFFECT; VETERINARIANS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84868538166     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.241.10.1314     Document Type: Article

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