Routine Health Screening: Findings in apparently healthy middle-aged and old cats

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-19

  Paepe, Dominique ^a   Verjans, Gaëlle ^a   Duchateau, Luc ^a   Piron, Koen ^a   Ghys, Liesbeth ^a   Daminet, Sylvie ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ANAMNESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINURIA; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYSTOLE; URINALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PROTEINURIA; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYSTOLE; URINALYSIS;

FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 84871397780     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: 15322750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098612X12464628     Document Type: Article

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