Characteristics of free-roaming cats evaluated in a trap-neuter-return program

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 221, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1136-1138

  Scott, Karen C ^a   Levy, Julie K ^a   Crawford, P Cynda ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SAFETY; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UTERUS DISEASE; WILD ANIMAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CASTRATION; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYPTORCHIDISM; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION CONTROL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SAFETY; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 0037107680     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.221.1136     Document Type: Article

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