Care of Dogs and Attitudes of Dog Owners in Port-au-Prince, the Republic of Haiti

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 236-253

  Fielding, William J ^a   Gall, Melanie ^b   Green, Dick ^c   Eller, Warren S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BAHAMAS   (Bahamas)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; DOG; DOG BITE; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HAITI; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PET ANIMAL; RABIES; VACCINATION;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE; BITES AND STINGS; DATA COLLECTION; DISASTERS; DOGS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HAITI; MALE; PETS; RABIES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84863535593     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: 15327604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2012.683760     Document Type: Article

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