Prevalence of house soiling and aggression in kittens during the first year after adoption from a humane society

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 224, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1790-1795

  Wright, John C ^a   Amoss, Richard T ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL SOCIETY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASTRATION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; FEMALE; HUMANE SOCIETY; MALE; MICTURITION; NEUTERING; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOPTION; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CASTRATION; CATS; ELIMINATIVE BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 2542564331     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.224.1790     Document Type: Article

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