Trap-neuter-release programs: The reality and the impacts

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1369-1376

  Winter, Linda ^a  

^a Cats Indoors Campaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TRAPPING; BIRD; BREEDING; CAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HABITAT QUALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; POPULATION; PREDATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; CASTRATION; CATS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; POPULATION CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 7444243118     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.1369     Document Type: Conference Paper

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