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Why do people buy dogs with potential welfare problems related to extreme conformation and inherited disease? A representative study of Danish owners of four small dog breeds

A number of dog breeds suffer from welfare problems due to extreme phenotypes and high levels of inherited diseases but the popularity of such breeds is not declining. Using a survey of owners of two popular breeds with extreme physical features (French Bulldog and Chihuahua), one with a high load o...

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Autores principales: Sandøe, P., Kondrup, S. V., Bennett, P. C., Forkman, B., Meyer, I, Proschowsky, H. F., Serpell, J. A., Lund, T. B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5325474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28234931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172091

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