Analyzing approaches to feral cat management-one size does not fit all

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1361-1364

  Stoskopf, Michael K ^a   Nutter, Felicia B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ANIMAL WELFARE; BREEDING; CAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DYNAMICS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFECTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; POPULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CASTRATION; CAT DISEASES; CATS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; POPULATION CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTION; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 7444240145     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.1361     Document Type: Conference Paper

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