Caregiver perceptions of what indoor cats do "for fun"

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-209

  Shyan Norwalt, Melissa R ^a  

^a IAMS COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAT; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; STIMULUS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUNLIGHT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; ENVIRONMENT; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33644915035     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327604jaws0803_4     Document Type: Article

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