Humane strategies for controlling feral cat populations

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1354-1360

  Levy, Julie K ^a   Crawford, P Cynda ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ANIMAL WELFARE; BREEDING; CAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH PROGRAM; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; SOCIAL ASPECT; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CASTRATION; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 7444243120     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.1354     Document Type: Conference Paper

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