Feline behaviour and welfare /

• Main Author: Fraser, Andrew F., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2012.
• Subjects: Felidae > Behavior.; Cats > Behavior.; Cats.; Animal Welfare.; Behavior, Animal.; Pets and Companion Animals.; Animal Reproduction and Embryology, (New March 2000); Animal Behaviour.; Animal Health and Hygiene (General); Reproduction, Development and Life Cycle (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Behaviour (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Abnormal behaviour.; Animal behaviour.; Animal health.; Animal welfare.; Behaviour.; Monitoring.; Reproduction.; Species.; Species diversity.; Species richness.; Training of animals.; Wild animals.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 198 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-185) and index.
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This book "Feline Behaviour and Welfare" consists of 14 chapters which is intended for students committed to the provision of health and well-being to cats, and also for those who are involved professionally or vocationally with cat care. Also to distinguish between domesticated and wild cats a glossary of behavioural and technical terms is provided at the back of the book to explain them. Topics includes: well-being and its roots, feline neuroethology, play and the steps through life, basic activities, association and reproduction, giant wild cats, principal species of wild cats, minor wild cat species, common and comparative feline features, abnormal behaviour and training, health monitoring, points of welfare, and review of well-being.