Morbidity of insured Swedish cats during 1999-2006 by age, breed, sex, and diagnosis

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 948-959

  Egenvall, Agneta ^a   Bonnett, Brenda N ^a   Häggström, Jens ^a   Ström Holst, Bodil ^a   Möller, Lotta ^b   Nødtvedt, Ane ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Agria Insurance   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; MALE; MORBIDITY; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MORBIDITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 78649717189     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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