* new or updated link

Research institutes

• Animal Health Trust
• Auburn University, Canine & Detection Research Institute, CDRI
• Genetica AB, Sweden*
  "It is in the greatest feeling of sorrow we hereby inform you that Dr. Per-Erik Sundgren died on the 1st January 2010."
• National Center for Biotechnology Information, Dog Genome Project
• PennGen, University Of Pennsylvania
• Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences*
• Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University*

Research institutes in Finland

• The University of Helsinki, Department of Animal Science
• The University of Helsinki, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
• MTT Agrifood Research Finland
• The University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio
• The University of Oulu
• The University of Turku, Department of Biology
• EVIRA, Research on animal diseases and food

Research on canine health and welfare

• Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare, APGAW
• Canine Health Foundation, AKC
• Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre
• Center for Companion Animal Health, CCAH
• The Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, VGL
• J.D. Wheat Veterinary Orthopedic Research Laboratory, VORL
• Orthopedic Foundation for Animals, offa.org

Research on canine behaviour and character traits

• The C-BARQ
  (or Canine Behavioral Assessment and Research Questionnaire) is designed to provide dog owners and professionals with standardized evaluations of canine temperament and behavior.
• Adam Miklos Group
• Canine Cognition and Behavior Research
• Clever Dog Lab*
• Dr. Juliane Kaminski
• The Center for the Interaction of Animals and Society, CIAS 
• Center for Companion Animal Behavior, CCAB
• Penn Vet Working Dog Center
• Welfare in Dog Training
• European Society of Veterinary Clinical Ethology, ESVCE
• The American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior, AVSAB
• The Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors, APBC

• Canine Genetics discussiongroup

Other links from Finland

• The Finnish Society for Human −Animal Studies
  Promotes research in human−animal relations in social sciences and humanities. It is a collaboration organisation for researchers working in the field and for students interested in animal topics. The Society promotes also multidisciplinary studies on human−animal relations.
• Towards healthier breeds – genetic studies for dogs*
  Hannes Lohi, PhD, Docent, have started a canine genetic program in the University of Helsinki, Finland. Their objective is to collect many breeds of dogs with different inherited diseases and try to identify the genetic defects behind them.
• Genoscoper Oy
  Company which is specializing in canine DNA-diagnostics.
• Finnish Kennel Club
  The Finnish Kennel Club (Suomen Kennelliitto - Finska Kennelklubben ry.) is an organisation of Finnish dog owners. Founded in 1889, the Finnish Kennel Club is the oldest kennel club in Scandinavia. The Finnish Kennel Club is a member of the Nordic Kennel Union and Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI).
• Finnish Kennel Club's Breeding Information Database
  (Currently only in Finnish)