A scoring system to evalute physical condition and quality of life in geriatric zoo mammals

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-318

  Follmi J ^a,c   Steiger, A ^a   Walzer, C ^b   Robert, N ^a   Geissbuhler U ^a   Doherr, M G ^a   Wenker, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c Zoo Basel Postfach   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aged zoo mammals; Animal welfare; Euthanasia; Pathology; Scoring system; Symptom

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; ETHICS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MAMMAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PAIN; POLITICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34547855155     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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