A Retrospective Evaluation of the Causes of Death of 448 Insured French Horses in 1995

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 85-102

  Leblond, A ^a   Villard, I ^a   Leblond, L ^b   Sabatier, P ^a   Sasco, A J ^b  

^a VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Breed; Deaths; Horses; Insurance; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLIC; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRANCE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INSURANCE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLIC; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; FRANCE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INSURANCE, LIFE; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 0034146756     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006408522233     Document Type: Article

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