Article
Welfare epidemiology as a tool to assess the welfare impact of inherited defects on the pedigree dog population
2010-05-01
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Abstract The effect that breed standards and selective breeding practices have on the welfare of pedigree dogs has recently come under scrutiny from both the general public and scientific community. Recent research has suggested that breeding for particular aesthetic traits, such as tightly curled tails, highly domed skulls and short muzzles predisposes dogs with these traits to certain inherited defects, such as...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 3f20e69b-8b2e-55d3-8dc5-f7562710545b
- DOI
- 10.1017/s0962728600002256