Stray animal populations and public health in the South Mediterranean and the Middle East regions;Popolazioni di animali randagi e sanità pubblica nelle regioni del Sud Mediterraneo e del Medio Oriente

Veterinaria Italiana

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-136

  Seimenis, Aristarhos ^a   Tabbaa, Darem ^b  

^a WHO/Mediterranean Zoonoses Control Centre   (Greece)

^b AL BAATH UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Environment; Overpopulation; Public health; Stray animals; Veterinary public health; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CAT; DOG; MIDDLE EAST; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; CATS; DOGS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE EAST; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84903722461     PISSN: 0505401X     EISSN: 18281427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12834/VetIt.48.134.3     Document Type: Article

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