More than just one man and his dog: The many impacts of puppy acquisition on the mental health of families including children in the UK

• Zoe Belshaw ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zoe Belshaw, Claire L. Brand

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation EviVet Evidence-Based Veterinary Consultancy, Nottingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5652-3324

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• Claire L. Brand ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zoe Belshaw, Claire L. Brand

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Science and Services, The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Herts, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9670-0324

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• Dan G. O’Neill,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Herts, United Kingdom

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• Rowena M. A. Packer

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rpacker@rvc.ac.uk

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Science and Services, The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Herts, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9988-9828

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