The organization and control of grooming in cats

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-140

  Eckstein, Robert A ^a   Hart, Benjamin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; Fleas; Grooming behaviour

Indexed keywords

FELID; GROOMING;

EID: 0034630809     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(00)00094-0     Document Type: Article

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