Prevalence of equine obesity in Sweden assessed from official animal welfare control data
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Methods The horse checklist for official animal welfare control contains 45 checkpoints (CP) of which CP8 pertains to the horses’ body condition. For the years 2010-2013, prevalence of non-compliance with CP8 and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated using the exact binomial distribution. Associations with risk factors were estimated using logistic regression and expressed as odds ratios (OR).
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 57 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015