Chronically starved horses: Predicting survival, economic, and ethical considerations

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 320-324

  Whiting, Terry L ^a   Salmon, Ray H ^a   Wruck, Gustave C ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; REFEEDING; SCORING SYSTEM; STARVATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; EATING; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MANITOBA; STARVATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 19044368182     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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