Stray dog population health in Jodhpur, India in the wake of an animal birth control (ABC) program

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 215-220

  Totton, Sarah C ^a   Wandeler, Alex I ^b   Ribble, Carl S ^c   Rosatte, Rick C ^d   McEwen, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal birth control (ABC); Health; India; Stray dog

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; INDIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCABIES; TICK INFESTATION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CASTRATION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INDIA; MALE; POPULATION CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; SCABIES; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA;

EID: 78650512047     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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