@article{ref1,
title="The effect of breed-specific dog legislation on hospital treated dog bites in Odense, Denmark-a time series intervention study",
journal="PLoS one",
year="2018",
author="Nilson, Finn and Damsager, John and Lauritsen, Jens and Bonander, Carl M.",
volume="13",
number="12",
pages="e0208393-e0208393",
abstract="As dog bite injuries are a considerable problem in modern society, in order to reduce such injuries, breed-specific legislation has been introduced in a number of countries. Whilst many studies have shown a lack of effect with such legislation, the commonly used methodology is known to be flawed. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the effect of the Danish breed-specific legislation on the number of dog bite injuries using more credible methods. A time series intervention method was used on a detailed dataset from Odense University Hospital, Denmark, regarding dog bite injuries presented to the emergency department. The results indicate that banning certain breeds has a highly limited effect on the overall levels of dog bite injuries, and that an enforcement of the usage of muzzle and leash in public places for these breeds also has a limited effect. Despite using more credible and sound methods, this study supports previous studies showing that breed-specific legislation seems to have no effect on dog bite injuries. In order to minimise dog bite injuries in the future, it would seem that other interventions or non-breed-specific legislation should be considered as the primary option.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1932-6203",
doi="10.1371/journal.pone.0208393",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208393"
}