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Urban landscape and infection risk in free-roaming cats. [PDF]
Despite public concern on the role of free‐roaming cats as reservoirs of zoonotic agents, little is known about the influence of urban and peri‐urban landscapes on the exposure risk.
Candela MG +6 more
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The present study aimed to assess anti-T. gondii antibodies in sheltered and free-roaming cats within a university campus that has an overlapping population of humans and livestock. A total of 51 cats were tested for anti-T.
Louise Bach Kmetiuk +8 more
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Urban free-roaming cats create concern about their impacts on wildlife and human health, leading to the use of trap–adopt–kill methods to manage these populations.
Caitlin Crawford +4 more
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Homeless cats are a major problem in Europe, with hundreds of thousands abandoned every year. While many die, others can adapt to a lifestyle of roaming freely and establish community cat populations that tend to cluster together in groups.
Octavio P. Luzardo +3 more
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Objectives Leptospirosis is a re-emergent zoonotic bacterial disease associated with renal and hepatic injury. In free-roaming cats in some regions, a high prevalence of Leptospira antibodies has been identified, and pathogenic leptospires have been ...
Jamie F Sebastian +5 more
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Estimation of the dietary nutrient profile of free-roaming feral cats: possible implications for nutrition of domestic cats [PDF]
Cats are strict carnivores and in the wild rely on a diet solely based on animal tissues to meet their specific and unique nutritional requirements. Although the feeding ecology of cats in the wild has been well documented in the literature, there is no ...
Dep Gezondheidszorg Landbouwhuisdieren +8 more
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Free Roaming Cats in Public Spaces
Do sustainable development goals accept free-roaming cats in public places? We provide insights and solutions regarding how cities worldwide confront this question.
Abeer Elshater (11075925) +1 more
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Serosurvey of Rickettsia spp. in cats from a Brazilian spotted fever-endemic area
Rickettsia spp. bacteria are responsible for tick-borne diseases worldwide, mostly maintained by rickettsial amplifiers capybaras in Brazilian endemic areas.
Juliana Cristina Rebonato Mendes +10 more
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From 2006 to 2017, stray or free-roaming cats ranged from 35 to 54% of all animals going into the public shelter in Hillsborough County, Florida. Shelter overcrowding of cats, including free-roaming, feral, or community cats, is a major problem in parts ...
Francis Hamilton
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Free‐roaming domestic cats pose risks to wildlife, domestic animals, humans, and importantly, the cats themselves. Behavior change campaigns that seek to minimize these risks by increasing cat containment require an understanding of the factors that ...
Lily M. vanEeden +5 more
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