Selected health and management issues facing working donkeys presented for veterinary treatment in rural Mexico: Some possible risk factors and potential intervention strategies

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 597-605

  Burden, Faith A ^a   du Toit, Nicole ^a   Hernandez Gil, Mariano ^b   Prado Ortiz, Omar ^b   Trawford, Andrew F ^a  

^a THE DONKEY SANCTUARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Donkey; Health; Mexico; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; TOOTH;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIDAE; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; MEXICO; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TOOTH;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 77952876855     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9462-0     Document Type: Article

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