Comparison of the modified agglutination test and real-time PCR for detection of Toxoplasma gondii exposure in feral cats from Phillip Island, Australia, and risk factors associated with infection [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2020 Toxoplasma gondii is considered a disease risk for many native Australian species. Feral cats are the key definitive host of T. gondii in Australia and therefore, investigating the epidemiology of T.
Katherine Adriaanse +2 more
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Attitudes and practices toward feral cats of male and female dog or cat owners and non-owners in Seoul, South Korea [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 The number of pet cats in South Korea has sharply increased since 2010. Problems have arisen with feral or stray cats, creating conflict among residents, to such an extent that the government provides some sites for people to offer feeding stations for ...
Sun-A. Kim +4 more
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Laying low: Rugged lowland rainforest preferred by feral cats in the Australian Wet Tropics [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Invasive mesopredators are responsible for the decline of many species of native mammals worldwide. Feral cats have been causally linked to multiple extinctions of Australian mammals since European colonization.
Tom Bruce +4 more
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Does aerial baiting for controlling feral cats in a heterogeneous landscape confer benefits to a threatened native meso-predator? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Introduced mammalian predators can have devastating impacts on recipient ecosystems and disrupt native predator-prey relationships. Feral cats (Felis catus) have been implicated in the decline and extinction of many Australian native species and ...
Russell Palmer +4 more
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Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Toxocara cati Infection in Feral Cats in Alexandria City, Northern Egypt [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2021 Background: This study was performed to determine the prevalence and to identify precisely Toxocara spp., which infects feral cats in Alexandria, Egypt based on morphological and molecular approaches.
Mahmoud Abdelnaby El-Seify +4 more
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Prevalence of feline chronic gingivostomatitis in feral cats and its risk factors [PDF]
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 2023 Objectives This study investigated the prevalence of feline chronic gingivostomatitis in urban feral cats in South Korea and analysed its risk factors. Methods Three hundred and forty-five feral cats that visited the hospital for neutering using a trap ...
Dae-Hwan Kim +2 more
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Impact of feralization on evolutionary trajectories in the genomes of feral cat island populations.
PLoS ONE, 2023 Feralization is the process of domesticated animals returning to the wild and it is considered the counterpart of domestication. Molecular genetic changes are well documented in domesticated organisms but understudied in feral populations. In this study,
María Esther Nieto-Blázquez +3 more
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Estradiol-17β Pharmacokinetics and Histological Assessment of the Ovaries and Uterine Horns following Intramuscular Administration of Estradiol Cypionate in Feral Cats [PDF]
Animals, 2020 The control of feral cats (Felis catus) in Australia is a key biological conservation issue. Male cats are more difficult to control than female cats. Collared and tagged female cats displaying estrous behavior have been considered as a way to lure male ...
Timothy H. Hyndman +8 more
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Prevalence of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus and Toxoplasma gondii in Feral Cats on St. Kitts, West Indies [PDF]
Veterinary Sciences, 2021 Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is a cosmopolitan protozoan parasite that infects all warm-blooded species including humans. The definitive hosts of T. gondii are felid vertebrates including the domestic cat.
Xinyu Chi +4 more
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Long-Distance Movements of Feral Cats in Semi-Arid South Australia and Implications for Conservation Management [PDF]
Animals, 2021 Movements that extend beyond the usual space use of an animal have been documented in a range of species and are particularly prevalent in arid areas.
Jeroen Jansen +9 more
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