Risk factor associated with clinical signs of lower urinary tract disease in indoor-housed cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 228, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 722-725

  Buffington, C A Tony ^a,b   Westropp, Jodi L ^a,c   Chew, Dennis J ^a   Bolus, Roger R ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEAR; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; NERVOUSNESS; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCRATCHING; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33644790267     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.228.5.722     Document Type: Article

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