Attitudes and practices toward feral cats of male and female dog or cat owners and non-owners in Seoul, South Korea. [PDF]
Front Vet Sci, 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 ...
Kim SA +4 more
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Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Toxocara cati Infection in Feral Cats in Alexandria City, Northern Egypt. [PDF]
Iran J Parasitol, 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.
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Laying low: Rugged lowland rainforest preferred by feral cats in the Australian Wet Tropics. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 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.
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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 ...
Palmer R +4 more
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Prevalence of feline chronic gingivostomatitis in feral cats and its risk factors. [PDF]
J Feline Med Surg, 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 ...
Kim DH, Kwak HH, Woo HM.
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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, the genetic differentiation between domestic and feral cats was inferred by analysing whole-genome ...
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 (Basel), 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 ...
Hyndman TH +8 more
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Prevalence of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus and Toxoplasma gondii in Feral Cats on St. Kitts, West Indies. [PDF]
Vet Sci, 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.
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Comparison of the modified agglutination test and real-time PCR for detection of <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> exposure in feral cats from Phillip Island, Australia, and risk factors associated with infection. [PDF]
Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl, 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.
Adriaanse K +6 more
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Short Term Safety, Immunogenicity, and Reproductive Effects of Combined Vaccination With Anti-GnRH (Gonacon) and Rabies Vaccines in Female Feral Cats. [PDF]
Front Vet Sci, 2021 Overpopulation of free-roaming cats is a major problem leading to negative impacts on animal health and welfare, public nuisance, transmission of zoonotic diseases, and well-documented harm to wildlife.
Novak S +9 more
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