Gender, age, breed and distribution of morbidity and mortality in insured dogs in Sweden during 1995 and 1996

Veterinary Record

Volumn 146, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 519-525

  Egenvall, A ^a   Bonnett, B N ^b   Olson, P ^c   Hedhammar, A ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Agria Insurance   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; INSURANCE; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SWEDEN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INSURANCE, LIFE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034728754     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.146.18.519     Document Type: Article

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