Exceptional Longevity in Pet Dogs Is Accompanied by Cancer Resistance and Delayed Onset of Major Diseases

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1078-1084

  Cooley, Dawn M ^a,c   Schlittler, Deborah L ^a   Glickman, Lawrence T ^a   Hayek, Michael ^b   Waters, David J ^a,c,d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IAMS COMPANY   (United States)

^c Gerald P Murphy Cancer Foundation   (United States)

^d Gerald P Murphy Cancer Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESISTANCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; LONGEVITY; LYMPHOSARCOMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0346881262     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/58.12.b1078     Document Type: Article

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