Disease control through fertility control: Secondary benefits of animal birth control in Indian street dogs

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 152-156

  Yoak, Andrew J ^a   Reece, John F ^b   Gehrt, Stanley D ^a   Hamilton, Ian M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Help in Suffering   (India)

Author keywords

Animal birth control (ABC); Dogs; Ectoparasites; Infectious diseases

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR CANIS; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANINE PARVOVIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA VIRUS; IXODIDA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BIRTH CONTROL (ABC); ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECTOPARASITES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INDIA; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; MALE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TICK INFESTATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMAL BIRTH CONTROL (ABC); DOGS; ECTOPARASITES; INFECTIOUS DISEASES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICK INFESTATIONS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84888205930     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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