Sounds from an animal colony entrain a circadian rhythm in the cat,<i>Felis catus</i>L.

Randall, Walter; Cunningham, J. Thomas; Randall, Steffani

doi:10.1080/09291019009360025

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“…In laboratory facilities, the importance of interactions between human beings and animals, and the social affinity of domesticated animals for human beings, are often ignored (Benn 1995). Randall and others (1985, 1990) showed that laboratory cats organise their daily activity patterns around the activities of their human caretakers, and respond strongly to people in their environment. Cats kept in enriched conditions in a laboratory facility showed a clear preference for human contact over toys (DeLuca and Kranda 1992).…”

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Welfare of cats in a quarantine cattery

1998

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The welfare of seven domestic cats housed singly in a quarantine cattery was studied for six months. Behavioural data were obtained with cameras and by time-lapse video recording, and cortisol to creatinine ratios were measured in urine samples collected from litter trays. It took five weeks for the cats to show evidence of adaptation to their new environment. They spent most of the first two weeks concealed in a house on the floor of their cage. As they adapted, they spent less time hiding and more time higher in the cage. The cats were inactive for approximately 90 per cent of the time observed, and they received little human contact. Compared with the first day, the cats' cortisol to creatinine ratios were significantly lower from their second month in quarantine.

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Welfare of cats in a quarantine cattery

1998

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“…While interactions with conspecifics or other animals are also important and rewarding to the cat, they are not a substitute for human attention. Randall et al (1990) found that laboratory cats organized their daily activity patterns around human caregiver activity, and responded strongly to humans in their environment. Cats in enriched conditions in a laboratory facility demonstrated a clear preference for human contact over toys (DeLuca & Kranda 1992).…”

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Housing And Welfare

Rochlitz

2007

The Welfare of Cats

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The way a cat is housed will have a significant impact on its welfare. The range of housing conditions in which cats may be kept include boarding, breeding and quarantine catteries, shelters, research facilities, veterinary practices and the home. Drawing on ethological principles, the evolutionary history of the cat and studies of cats kept in different conditions, the housing requirements of cats are described with regard to the quantity and quality of space, contact with conspecifics and with humans, and the sensory, occupational and nutritional environments. Features specific to research facilities, shelters and the home are considered, as are the advantages and disadvantages of confining pet cats indoors or allowing them outdoor access.

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“…Predicting a half-life for the proton of ∼ 10 30 ( MX 10 15 GeV ) 4 years for SU (5) Georgi-Glashow [27], and SO (10) GUT models [28] models, that predict the decay mediated by a massive X-boson with mass M X > 10 15 GeV, making the Table 1: Proton half-life (τp) in various models [22,29,30].…”

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