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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

  • P. Sandøe ,

    * E-mail: pes@sund.ku.dk

    Affiliations University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Frederiksberg C., Copenhagen, Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Department of Large Animal Sciences, Frederiksberg C., Copenhagen, Denmark

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  • S. V. Kondrup,

    Affiliation University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Frederiksberg C., Copenhagen, Denmark

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  • P. C. Bennett,

    Affiliation La Trobe University, Department of Psychology and Counseling, Bendigo, VIC, Australia

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  • B. Forkman,

    Affiliation University of Copenhagen, Department of Large Animal Sciences, Frederiksberg C., Copenhagen, Denmark

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  • I Meyer,

    Affiliation University of Copenhagen, Department of Large Animal Sciences, Frederiksberg C., Copenhagen, Denmark

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  • H. F. Proschowsky,

    Affiliation Danish Kennel Club, Solrød Strand, Denmark

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  • J. A. Serpell,

    Affiliation University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Clinical Studies, Philadelphia, United States of America

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  • T. B. Lund

    Affiliation University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Frederiksberg C., Copenhagen, Denmark

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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

  • P. Sandøe, 
  • S. V. Kondrup, 
  • P. C. Bennett, 
  • B. Forkman, 
  • I Meyer, 
  • H. F. Proschowsky, 
  • J. A. Serpell, 
  • T. B. Lund
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  • Published: February 24, 2017
  • https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172091
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