“You could get the best of both breeds or the worst of both”: UK public attitudes towards crossbreeding in dogs - with a specific focus on brachycephalic dogs

• Elizabeth Youens,

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

  Affiliation Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3468-858X

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• Dan G. O’Neill,

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

  Affiliation Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1115-2723

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• Zoe Belshaw,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

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

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• Johanna Neufuss,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Blue Cross, Burford, United Kingdom

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• Mickey S. Tivers,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Paragon Veterinary Referrals, Wakefield, 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 Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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

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