Factors affecting pica in the domestic cat

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 373-379

  Bradshaw, John W S ^a   Neville, Peter F ^b   Sawyer, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre of Applied Pet Ethology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural disorders; Burmese cat; Domestic cat; Pica; Siamese cat; Wool cating

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030955597     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01136-7     Document Type: Article

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