Dogslife: A cohort study of Labrador Retrievers in the UK

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 426-435

  Pugh, C A ^a   de Bronsvoort, B M C ^a   Handel, I G ^a   Summers, K M ^a   Clements, D N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort; Dog; Exercise; Labrador Retriever; Lifestyle; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOG; HEALTH STATUS; LIFESTYLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; DOGS; HEALTH STATUS; LIFE STYLE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84949530545     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2015.06.020     Document Type: Article

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