Demographic differences between urban feeding groups of neutered and sexually intact free-roaming cats following a trap-neuter-return procedure

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 238, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1134-1140

  Gunther, Idit ^a   Finkler, Hilit ^a   Terkel, Joseph ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CAT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; POPULATION CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79955711855     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.238.9.1134     Document Type: Article

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