Examining dog owners' beliefs regarding rabies vaccination during government-funded vaccine clinics in Grenada to improve vaccine coverage rates

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 563-569

  Thomas, D ^a   Delgado, A ^b,e   Louison, B ^a   Lefrancois, T ^c   Shaw, J ^d  

^a Ministry of Agriculture Forestry Land and Fisheries   (United States)

^b Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture   (Costa Rica)

^c Centre de Coopération International de Recherche en Agronomie pour le Développement   (Guadeloupe)

^d UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Disease control; Grenada; Questionnaire; Rabies; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GRENADA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABIES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GRENADA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RABIES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84877718190     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.02.009     Document Type: Article

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