Cat and dog ownership and management patterns in central Italy

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 267-294

  Slater, Margaret R ^a   Di Nardo, Antonio ^b   Pediconi, Ombretta ^b   Villa, Paolo Dalla ^b   Candeloro, Luca ^b   Alessandrini, Barbara ^b   Del Papa, Stefania ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cats; Cross sectional study; Dogs; Health care; Italy; Pet ownership; Telephone questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CAT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 44549086637     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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