Incidence of intervertebral disk degeneration-related diseases and associated mortality rates in dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 240, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1300-1309

  Bergknut, Niklas ^a,b   Egenvall, Agneta ^a   Hagman, Ragnvi ^a   Gustås, Pia ^a   Hazewinkel, Herman A W ^b   Meij, Björn P ^b   Lagerstedt, Anne Sofe ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PEDIGREE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PEDIGREE; RISK FACTORS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84861465380     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.240.11.1300     Document Type: Article

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