Mortality of Swedish horses with complete life insurance between 1997 and 2000: Variations with sex, age, breed and diagnosis

Veterinary Record

Volumn 158, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 397-406

  Egenvall, A ^a   Penell, J C ^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

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORSE DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STALLION; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

AGRIA; ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33645920278     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.12.397     Document Type: Article

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