Specific causes of morbidity among Swedish horses insured for veterinary care between 1997 and 2000

Veterinary Record

Volumn 157, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 470-477

  Penell, J C ^a   Egenvall, A ^a   Bonnett, B N ^b   Olson, P ^c   Pringle, J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Agria Insurance   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BREED DIFFERENCE; COLIC; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REIMBURSEMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN INJURY; SWEDEN; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 27744583145     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.157.16.470     Document Type: Article

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