Time and financial costs of programs for live trapping feral cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1403-1405

  Nutter, Felicia B ^a   Stoskopf, Michael K ^a   Levine, Jay F ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CASTRATION; CATS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION CONTROL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 7444232049     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.1403     Document Type: Article

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