Evaluation of cat and owner characteristics and their relationships to outdoor access of owned cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 222, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1541-1545

  Clancy, Elizabeth A ^a   Moore, Antony S ^a   Bertone, Elizabeth R ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; CAT; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0037674769     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.222.1541     Document Type: Article

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