Citation

Lindner DL, Marretta SM, Pijanowski GJ, Johnson AL, Smith CW. J. Vet. Dent. 1995; 12(2): 49-52.

Affiliation

Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, American Veterinary Dental Society)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9693626

Abstract

A force transducer was developed to measure bite force in dogs. A total of 101 readings was obtained from 22 pet dogs ranging in size from 7 to 55 kg. Bite forces ranged from 13 to 1394 Newtons with a mean for all dogs of 256 Newtons and a median of 163 Newtons. Most measurements fell within the low end of the range, with 55% of the biting episodes less than 200 Newtons and 77% less than 400 Newtons.

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