A cross-sectional study of factors associated with dog ownership in Tanzania

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Knobel, Darryn L ^a   Laurenson, M Karen ^a,b   Kazwala, Rudovick R ^c   Boden, Lisa A ^d   Cleaveland, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Frankfurt Zoological Society Arusha   (Tanzania)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OWNERSHIP; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 40949130400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-4-5     Document Type: Article

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