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5 summaries matching “domestic cat” in Captive Care & Welfare on tiger
Research overview: abnormal repetitive behaviours in cats beyond pacing
OverviewWhile pacing dominates discussion of felid stereotypy, captive cats display a range of other abnormal repetitive behaviours that signal welfare problems. This overview surveys these: route-tracing and…
Research overview: catnip, silver vine and olfactory attractants in domestic and wild felids
OverviewThe catnip response, a heritable reaction to nepetalactone causing sniffing, rubbing, rolling and a euphoric-seeming state, occurs in many domestic cats and some non-domestic felids. This overview sur…
Research overview: chronic stress physiology and disease in captive felids
OverviewChronic activation of the stress axis can suppress immunity, impair reproduction and contribute to disease, and several captive cat species show evidence of such chronic stress. This overview surveys…
Research overview: nutrition of exotic captive felids and whole-prey diet balancing
OverviewFeeding captive non-domestic cats well requires meeting obligate-carnivore requirements for taurine, arginine, vitamin A, arachidonic acid and appropriate calcium-to-phosphorus ratios, which whole pre…
Research overview: scent marking and the expression of territorial behaviour in captive cats
OverviewCats communicate and organise their world through scent, marking with urine spray, facial rubbing, scratching and other signals, and the ability to perform and perceive these behaviours matters for we…