A study of risk factors for cat mortality in adoption centres of a UK cat charity

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 338-345

  Murray, Jane K ^a   Skillings, Elizabeth ^b   Gruffydd Jones, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Cats Protection National Cat Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASTRATION; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CASTRATION; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 48649089534     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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