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Daylength and breeding in the domestic cat

Laboratory Animals, 1981
A period of extended daylight (more than 12 hours per day) following one of short days induces oestrus. The longer the short-day period, the more pronounced the reaction. This change from short-day to long-day periods can be successfully repeated at least 6 times in a year. However, the number of litters produced per year is largest when a regular 12 h
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Bicarotid Trunk in the Domestic Cat

Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia, 2015
SummaryThe origin of the pair of common carotid arteries in the cat is inadequately described, and there are conflicting accounts in English veterinary anatomy textbooks published in the USA. We found one‐quarter of 40 adult domestic cats dissected had a bicarotid trunk (5 female, 5 male).
S, More, A, Watson, L E, Stein
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Hantavirus Infection in the Domestic Cat

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1994
To the Editor. —Recently we have presented serological evidence that domestic cats are susceptible to Hantavirus infection. 1 Five percent of cats that had been allowed to roam outside and to hunt showed antibodies to the European Puumala serotype of Hantavirus .
N, Nowotny, H, Weissenboeck, S, Aberle, F, Hinterdorfer   +3 more
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Sperm maturation in the domestic cat

Theriogenology, 2006
The epididymis is essential for sperm development and maturation, and, subsequently, the ability of spermatozoa to penetrate and fertilize the female gamete. Functional differences in segments of the long tubule are reflected by histological differences among epididymal regions.
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Survey of predation by domestic cats

Australian Veterinary Journal, 1998
Objectives To calculate the proportion of house cats which were observed by their owners to have caught prey and to describe the characteristics of these cats. Design and procedure A telephone questionnaire was administered to a randomly selected population of 458 cat owners in metropolitan Perth.
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The arthus reaction in domestic cats

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 1988
A classic Arthus reaction was elicited in normal domestic cats using chicken red blood cells as antigen. The response was quantitated grossly by measuring the area of the resulting skin bleb at several set time intervals and by microscopic examination of biopsies taken at the conclusion of each of the trials.
A B, Kier, J J, McDonnell, A, Stern, M C, McNutt   +3 more
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Seizures in a domestic cat

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2023
Natalia R, Wycislak, Casey, Smith
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Chylothorax in the domestic cat—a review

Journal of Small Animal Practice, 1974
ABSTRACTThis review of the principal general features of chylothorax includes the aetiology, diagnosis, diagnostic methods and treatment. The results of a study of the anatomical features of the duct and its associated cistern in sixty cats are discussed in relation to both chylothorax and the elective ligation of the ruptured duct in the cat.
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The rex mutants of the domestic cat

Genetica, 1971
New data demonstrate that the Cornish and German rox mutants are either identical or are phenotypically closely similar alleles at the same locus. The Devon rex is definitely independent of Cornish and it seems probable that the Oregon rex is independent of Cornish and Devon.
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Cowpox in the domestic cat

Veterinary Record, 1978
L R, Thomsett, D, Baxby, E M, Denham
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