Owner-reported equine health disorders: Results of an Australia-wide postal survey

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 490-495

  Cole, F L ^a,b   Hodgson, D R ^a   Reid, S W J ^a,c   Mellor, D J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Glasgow ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 26944434883     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/14313.1     Document Type: Review

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