Preventive health care and owner-reported disease prevalence of horses and ponies in Great Britain

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 418-424

  Ireland, J L ^a   Wylie, C E ^a   Collins, S N ^b   Verheyen, K L P ^c   Newton, J R ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease prevalence; Epidemiology; Equine; Preventive health care; Survey

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; IVERMECTIN; MOXIDECTIN; PRAZIQUANTEL; PYRANTEL; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTAL MAIL; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE; SURVEY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84881553942     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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