
Summary & Analysis: Breeds of dogs involved in fatal human attacks in the United States between 1979 and 1998.
This paper examined 238 DBRFs over a 20-year period (1979-1998) in the U.S. ...
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1. For a sample analysis of how findings can be distorted by poor choice and use of cited material, see the 2016 open access paper in the Journal of Veterinary Behavior, "Who is minding the bibliography? Daisy chaining, dropped leads, and other bad behavior using examples from the dog bite literature." All three authors are affiliated with National Canine Research Council.
This paper examined 238 DBRFs over a 20-year period (1979-1998) in the U.S. ...
Read MoreThis paper reported on DBRFs in the U.S. covering 1989-1994. ...
Read MoreThis paper covers a 10-year period (2000-2009) of all DBRFs across the entire U.S., and employs the most comprehensive methodology and scope in the literature. ...
Read MoreDog Bites: Problems & Solutions (2014) is an Animals & Society Institute Policy Paper written by Janis Bradley. It is a current and comprehensive discussion of dog bites and society. ...
DOWNLOAD PDFThis paper examines the assumptions that: dogs are readily identifiable as members of a particular breed; behavior can be reliably predicated according to breed; & behaviors associated with specific breeds are relevant in the contemporary function as ...
DOWNLOAD PDFDBRFs are extremely rare, and because research indicates that they are largely preventable and may disproportionately affect children, there has been a push to better understand the circumstances and variables that contribute to such incidents. ...
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