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Implementing Nonlethal Solutions for Free-Roaming Cat Management in a County in the Southeastern United States

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019
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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Putting the cat before the wildlife: Exploring cat owners' beliefs about cat containment as predictors of owner behavior

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, 2021
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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High seroprevalence of feline morbilliviruses in free-roaming domestic cats in Chile [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Virology, 2020
AbstractFeline morbillivirus infections have gained increased attention due to repeated reports of their association with urinary tract disease in cats. In the present study, 112 serum samples from free-roaming domestic cats in Chile were tested for antibodies against feline morbillivirus genotypes 1 and 2 (FeMV-1 and FeMV-2) using an indirect ...
Johannes Busch   +6 more
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Feline parasites and the emergence of feline lungworm in the Portland metropolitan area, Oregon, USA 2016–2017

open access: yesJournal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports, 2021
Objectives The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of internal parasites in feral and free-roaming owned cats in the region of Portland, Oregon, USA.
Greg T Bishop, Emilio DeBess
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Hemotropic Mycoplasma and Bartonella Species Diversity in Free-Roaming Canine and Feline from Luanda, Angola

open access: yesPathogens, 2021
Free-roaming dogs and cats represent potential reservoirs for zoonotic vector-borne pathogens shedding to the human population. Given the health impact of these pathogens, we searched free-roaming dogs and cats included in an animal population control ...
João R. Mesquita   +9 more
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Onset of reproductive capacity in unowned free-roaming cats

open access: yesClinical Theriogenology, 2023
Purpose was to investigate if an underlying biological cause exists for the reproductive success in unowned free-roaming (UFR) cats. These cats were presented for surgical sterilization during late summer/early fall. After castration of UFR toms, presence of penile spines was recorded, slides were made from vas deferens secretions for sperm morphology ...
Ellie Bohrer   +3 more
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The Changing Legal Status of Cats in Australia: From Friend of the Settlers, to Enemy of the Rabbit, and Now a Threat to Biodiversity and Biosecurity Risk

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019
In NSW, free-roaming cats are regarded as one the biggest threats to biodiversity. Yet, at one stage they were classified as “the enemy of the rabbit” and were protected and released in their thousands.
Sophie Riley
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Domestic carnivore interactions with wildlife in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Chile: husbandry and perceptions of impact from a community perspective [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2018
Background Hundreds of millions of domestic carnivores worldwide have diverse positive affiliations with humans, but can provoke serious socio-ecological impacts when free-roaming.
Elke Schüttler   +2 more
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Spatial and temporal overlap of domestic cats (Felis catus) and native urban wildlife

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Free-roaming domestic cats (Felis catus) are known to pose threats to ecosystem health via transmission of zoonotic diseases and predation of native wildlife.
Daniel J. Herrera   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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