Risk factors for delays between intake and veterinary approval for adoption on medical grounds in shelter puppies and kittens

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 107-112

  Litster, Annette ^a   Allen, Joselyn ^b   Mohamed, Ahmed ^a   He, Shuang ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Animal shelter; Epidemiology; Infectious disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PET ANIMAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHICAGO; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; OWNERSHIP; PETS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80955180568     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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