Demography of domestic dogs in rural and urban areas of the Coquimbo region of Chile and implications for disease transmission

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 272-281

  Acosta Jamett, G ^a,b,c   Cleaveland, S ^d   Cunningham, A A ^b   Bronsvoort, B M deC ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chile; Cross sectional; Demography of domestic dogs; Dog ownership; Infectious diseases; Urban and rural

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CHILE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CASTRATION; CHILE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OWNERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION; ZOONOSES;

CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANINE PARVOVIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA VIRUS;

EID: 77949492429     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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