Söder, Josefin
Roman, Erika
Berndtsson, Johanna
Lindroth, Katrin
Bergh, Anna
Funding for this research was provided by:
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Article History
Received: 19 January 2024
Accepted: 12 June 2024
First Online: 6 July 2024
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee for Animal Experiments, Uppsala, Sweden (Dnr 5.8.18–15533/2018) regarding the dogs and by the Swedish Ethical Review Authority, Stockholm, Sweden (Dnr 2021 − 01014) regarding the dog owners. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, the guidelines of the Swedish Legislation on Animal Experimentation (Animal Welfare Act SFS 2018:1192) and the European Union Directive on the Protection of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes (Directive 2010/63/EU). All dog owners gave written consent to participation before entering the study. All dogs had a private veterinary insurance and dog owners had an insurance administered by the Swedish Working Dog Association.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.