Outdoor fecal deposition by free-roaming cats and attitudes of cat owners and nonowners toward stray pets, wildlife, and water pollution

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-81

  Dabritz, Haydee A ^a   Atwill, E Robert ^c   Gardner, Ian A ^b   Miller, Melissa A ^d   Conrad, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAT; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EVALUATION; FECES; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ATTITUDE; CALIFORNIA; CAREGIVERS; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION CONTROL; TELEPHONE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745686550     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.229.1.74     Document Type: Article

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