Repeatability of a skin tent test for dehydration in working horses and donkeys

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-183

  Pritchard, Joy C ^a,b   Barr, A R S ^a   Whay, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Brooke Hospital for Animals   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Dehydration; Donkey; Horse; Repeatability; Skin tent

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DONKEY; EGYPT; HORSE DISEASE; INDIA; NONHUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN TEST; STANDARDIZATION; WORKING ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 34249072568     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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