Conservation dogs

Canine Ergonomics: The Science of Working Dogs

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 175-194

  Hurt, Aimee ^a   Smit, Deborah A ^b  

^a Working Dogs for Conservation Foundation   (United States)

^b Working Dogs for Conservation Foundation   (United States)

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