The health, haematology and blood biochemistry of free-ranging farm cats in relation to social status

Animal Welfare

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-256

  Macdonald, D W ^a   Yamaguchi, N ^a   Passanisi, W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Blood biochemistry; Feral cat; General health; Haematology; Social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003189754     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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