'Battered pets': Non-accidental physical injuries found in dogs and cats

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 279-290

  Munro, H M C ^a   Thrusfield, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BREEDING; CAT; DOG; FEMALE; INJURY; MALE; NOTE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIOLENCE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATS; DOGS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0035380529     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2001.tb02041.x     Document Type: Article

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