Factors associated with daily walking of dogs

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Westgarth, Carri ^a   Christian, Hayley E ^b   Christley, Robert M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Dogs; Physical activity; Walking

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN-ANIMAL BOND; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; DATA COLLECTION; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WALKING;

EID: 84929317437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-015-0434-5     Document Type: Article

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