|Articles|November 16, 2007

Have You Heard? Why pet dogs bite children (3:20)

Behavioral assessments and medical records of dogs evaluated at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine for human-directed aggression provide much-needed data regarding the circumstances surrounding dog bites in children.

Source: Reisner IR, Shofer FS, Nance ML. Behavioral assessment of child-directed canine aggression.

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2007;13:348-351.

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