Estimation of roaming dog populations in Timor Leste

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 608-613

  Amaral, Acáçio Cardoso ^a   Ward, Michael P ^b   da Costa Freitas, Joana ^a  

^a Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa'e   (Timor-Leste)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demographics; Dog population; Indonesia; Rabies; Survey; Timor Leste

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHICS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DOG POPULATION; INDONESIA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RABIES; SURVEY; TIMOR LESTE; TIMOR-LESTE;

DEMOGRAPHICS; DOG POPULATION; INDONESIA; RABIES; SURVEY; TIMOR LESTE;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EAST TIMOR; POPULATION DENSITY; RABIES;

EID: 84893953627     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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