Mortality rates and causes of death among emaciated cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 347-351

  Doria Rose, V Paul ^a   Scarlett, Janet M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; EMACIATION; FEMALE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; NORTH CAROLINA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0034132656     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2000.216.347     Document Type: Article

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