Owners and pets exercising together: Canine response to veterinarian-prescribed physical activity

Anthrozoos

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 325-333

  Byers, Christopher G ^a   Wilson, Cindy C ^b   Stephens, Mark B ^b   Goodie, Jeffrey L ^b   Netting, F Ellen ^c   Olsen, Cara H ^b  

^a MidWest Veterinary Specialty Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine; Exercise; Human animal interaction; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CANID; DOMESTIC SPECIES; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84929660352     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: 17530377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175303714X14036956449224     Document Type: Article

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