Influence of familiarity and relatedness of proximity and allogrooming in domestic cats (Felis catus)

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1151-1154

  Curtis, Terry Marie ^b   Knowles, Rebecca J ^a   Crowell Davis, Sharon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENEALOGY; GROOMING; MALE; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

ANIMALIA; FELIS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0042383218     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2003.64.1151     Document Type: Article

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