Breed risk of pyometra in insured dogs in Sweden

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 530-538

  Egenvall, Agneta ^a,d   Hagman, Ragnvi ^a   Bonnett, Brenda N ^b   Hedhammar, Åke ^a   Olson, Pekka ^c   Lagerstedt, Anne Sofie ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Agria Insurance   (Sweden)

^d Box 7019 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Database; Geographic location; Insurance

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; INSURANCE; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; UTERUS DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; INSURANCE; PEDIGREE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 0035515578     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2001.tb01587.x     Document Type: Article

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