The Welfare Of Cats

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rochlitz, Irene (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: Animal Welfare, 3
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Veterinary medicine.; Behavioral sciences.; Zoology.; Animal genetics.; Animal physiology.; Life Sciences.; Behavioral Sciences.; Veterinary Medicine.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.; Animal Physiology.

Animal welfare is attracting increasing interest worldwide, but particularly from those in developed countries, who now have the knowledge and resources to be able to offer the best management systems for their farm animals, as well as potentially being able to offer plentiful resources for companio...

Table of Contents:

• Cat Behaviour: Social Organization, Communication And Development
• The Assessment Of Welfare
• The Human-Cat Relationship
• Behaviour Problems And Welfare
• Cat Overpopulation in the United States
• The Welfare Of Feral Cats
• Housing And Welfare
• Disease And Welfare
• Nutrition And Welfare
• Breeding And Welfare.