Clinical dental findings in 203 working donkeys in Mexico

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 380-386

  du Toit, Nicole ^a   Burden, Faith A ^b   Dixon, Padraic M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b THE DONKEY SANCTUARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental disorders; Mexico; Working donkeys

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DONKEY; ENAMEL; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MEXICO; MOUTH EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH FRACTURE; TOOTH MALFORMATION; WORKING ANIMAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; EQUIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; MEXICO; TOOTH; TOOTH DISEASES; TOOTH FRACTURES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 56649106460     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2008.09.013     Document Type: Article

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