Owner-assessed indices of quality of life in cats and the relationship to the presence of degenerative joint disease

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 863-870

  Benito, Javier ^a   Gruen, Margaret E ^a   Thomson, Andrea ^a   Simpson, Wendy ^b   Lascelles, B Duncan X ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Morrisville Cat Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUNNING; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUNNING; WALKING;

EID: 84870169851     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: 15322750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098612X12453904     Document Type: Article

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