Koller, Dora http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0415-0466
Kubinyi, Eniko
Elek, Zsuzsanna
Nemeth, Helga
Miklosi, Adam
Sasvari-Szekely, Maria
Ronai, Zsolt
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (107726)
Magyar Tudományos Akadémia (01 031)
Hungarian Science Foundation (K84036)
European Research Council (680040)
Article History
Received: 13 April 2020
Accepted: 29 June 2020
First Online: 28 July 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Non-invasive studies on dogs can be performed without any special permission in Hungary by the University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (UIACUC, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary). The currently operating Hungarian law <i>“1998. évi XXVIII. Törvény”</i> - the Animal Protection Act – gives the definition of experiments on animals in the 9th point of its 3rd paragraph (3. §/9.). According to this definition, the presented, non-invasive observational study is not considered as an animal experiment. The owners volunteered to participate and provided written consent for DNA analysis and behavioral tests of dogs.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no conflict of interest.