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3 summaries matching “multiple” in Captive Care & Welfare on domestic-cat
AAFP and ISFM Feline Environmental Needs Guidelines
ReviewEllis and co-authors produced consensus veterinary guidelines defining the environmental needs of domestic cats, organised around five pillars: a safe place; multiple and separated key resources; oppo…
Ellis SLH, Rodan I, Carney HC, Heath S, Rochlitz I, Shearburn LD, et al · Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery · 2013
Research overview: social stress and resource competition in multi-cat households
OverviewDomestic cats are facultatively social and did not evolve to share territory with unrelated individuals, so multi-cat households can generate chronic social stress that manifests as behaviour and heal…
Research overview: the five-pillar framework for feline environmental needs
OverviewConsensus veterinary guidelines distil decades of feline welfare science into five environmental needs: a safe place to retreat; multiple and separated key resources; opportunity for play and predator…