The Swedish breeding cat: population description, infectious diseases and reproductive performance evaluated by a questionnaire

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 793-802

  Ström Holst, Bodil ^a,b   Frössling, Jenny ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BREEDING; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIETIES; SWEDEN;

FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA VIRUS;

EID: 70349307295     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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