Companion animal knowledge, attachment and pet cat care and their associations with household demographics for residents of a rural Texas town

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 251-263

  Ramón, Melanie E ^a   Slater, Margaret R ^a   Ward, Michael P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; Dogs; Questionnaire; Sterilization; Vaccination; Veterinary care

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASTRATION; CAT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CASTRATION; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOGS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; RABIES VACCINES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; VACCINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77949489419     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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