Descriptive epidemiology of upper respiratory disease and associated risk factors in cats in an animal shelter in coastal western Canada

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 132-138

  Gourkow, Nadine ^a   Lawson, James H ^b   Hamon, Sara C ^c   Phillips, Clive J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals   (Canada)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84874995460     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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