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Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 97-103 , May 2008

Is breed-specific legislation justified? Study of the results of the temperament test of Lower Saxony

Esther Schalke, DVM, PhD
- Institute for Animal Welfare and Behaviour, University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover, Germany
- Address for reprint requests and correspondence: E. Schalke, Institute for Animal Welfare and Behaviour, University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover, Buenteweg 2, 30559 Hanover, Germany.
Stefanie A. Ott, DVM
- Institute for Animal Welfare and Behaviour, University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover, Germany
Amelie M. von Gaertner, DVM
- Institute for Animal Welfare and Behaviour, University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover, Germany
Hansjoachim Hackbarth, DVM, PhD
- Institute for Animal Welfare and Behaviour, University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover, Germany
Angela Mittmann, DVM, PhD, FTA
- Institute of Animal Welfare, Ethology and Animal Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

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