Case control study to investigate risk factors for impaction colic in donkeys in the UK

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 179-187

  Cox, Ruth ^a   Burden, Faith ^b   Gosden, Lee ^b   Proudman, Christopher ^a   Trawford, Andrew ^b   Pinchbeck, Gina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b THE DONKEY SANCTUARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case control; Donkey; Impaction colic

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLIC; FECES IMPACTION; HORSE; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOUTH DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGING; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLIC; DATA COLLECTION; EQUIDAE; FECAL IMPACTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INCIDENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STOMATOGNATHIC DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 70349978295     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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