Free-roaming dog control among OIE-member countries

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-63

  Dalla Villa, P ^a   Kahn, S ^b   Stuardo, L ^b   Iannetti, L ^a   Di Nardo, A ^a   Serpell, J A ^c  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

^b Centre collaborateur de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé animale   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Euthanasia; Free roaming dog; Human development index; OIE; Population control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABIES; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RABIES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77957148427     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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