The welfare of feral cats and wildlife

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1377-1383

  Jessup, David A ^a  

^a Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ANIMAL WELFARE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CAT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHICS; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFECTION; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MAMMAL; MORALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PARASITISM; PREDATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPTILE; VACCINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WELLBEING; WILDLIFE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CASTRATION; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 7444255942     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.1377     Document Type: Conference Paper

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