Beliefs Underlying Dog Owners' Health Care Behaviors: Results from a Large, Self-Selected, Internet Sample.
Various behaviors must be performed by owners to promote good health for their dogs. The aim in this study was to use the results of an online survey, completed by 1,016 self-selected, Australian dog owners, to investigate relationships between demographic factors, beliefs, dog-owner relationship va...
| Publicado en: | Anthrozoös Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 171 - 186 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
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