Prevalence of disease in dogs purchased from an animal rescue shelter

Veterinary Record

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 35-38

  Wells, D L ^a   Hepper, P G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PARVOVIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; COUGH; DIARRHEA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033537212     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.144.2.35     Document Type: Article

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