Making use of equine population demography for disease control purposes: Preliminary observations on the difficulties of counting and locating horses in Great Britain

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 372-375

  Robin, C A ^b   Wylie, C E ^b   Wood, J L N ^a   Newton, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demography; Epidemiology; Great Britain; Horse; Locating horses; National Equine Database; Passport; Population

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 79952001541     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 20423306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2010.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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