Hyperlipemia in a Population of Aged Donkeys: Description, Prevalence, and Potential Risk Factors

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1420-1425

  Burden, F A ^a   Du Toit, N ^a   Hazell Smith, E ^a   Trawford, A F ^a  

^a THE DONKEY SANCTUARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equine; Hyperlipemic; Hypertriglyceridemia

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HORSE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EQUIDAE; GREAT BRITAIN; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WEIGHT LOSS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 81355161004     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2011.00798.x     Document Type: Article

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