The welfare of cats

Author(s)

• Rochlitz, Irene

Bibliographic Information

The welfare of cats

edited by Irene Rochlitz

（Animal welfare, v. 3）

Springer, c2007

• : PB

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Written by experts from the UK, the USA and Switzerland, this book focuses on the major issues affecting the welfare of domestic cats. It covers behaviour, the human-cat relationship, and the impact of housing, disease, nutrition and breeding on welfare.

Table of Contents

• 1: Cat Behaviour: Social Organization, Communication and Development
• Sharon L. Crowell-Davis. 2: The Assessment of Welfare
• Rachel A. Casey and John W. S. Bradshaw. 3: The Human-Cat Relationship
• Penny L. Bernstein. 4: Behaviour Problems and Welfare
• Sarah E. Heath. 5: Cat Overpopulation in the United States
• Philip H. Kass. 6: The Welfare of Feral Cats
• Margaret R. Slater. 7: Housing and Welfare
• Irene Rochlitz. 8: Disease and Welfare
• Kit Sturgess. 9: Nutrition and Welfare
• Kit Sturgess and Karyl J. Hurley. 10: Breeding and Welfare
• Andreas Steiger.

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Details

• NCID: BA8547284X
• ISBN:
  • 9781402061431
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Dordrecht, the Netherlands
• Pages/Volumes: xxi, 282 p.
• Size: 24 cm.
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA72149896