Response of cats to familiar and unfamiliar human contact using continuous direct arterial blood pressure measurement

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 575-582

  Slingerland, L I ^a   Robben, J H ^a   Schaafsma, I ^a   Kooistra, H S ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activity; Behaviour; Diurnal rhythm; Invasive; Technique; White coat effect

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALERTNESS; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REST;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CATS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES;

FELIDAE;

EID: 50849110524     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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