A cross-sectional study of geriatric horses in the United Kingdom. Part 2: Health care and disease

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-44

  Ireland, J L ^a   Clegg, P D ^a   Mcgowan, C M ^a   Mckane, S A ^a   Pinchbeck, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged horses; Clinical signs; Horse; Preventive health care; Survey; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 78650091540     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 20423306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2010.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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