The cat : its behavior, nutrition, and health / Linda Case.
Material type: TextPublication details: Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University Press ; Oxford : Blackwell [distributor], 2003.Description: 400 pISBN:- 9780813803319 (hbk.) :
- 0813803314
- 636.8 CAS
- SF442 .C37 2003
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 636.8 CAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 201652 |
Includes bibliographical references.
Part 1.Knowing the cat within the companion -- Chapter 1.Felis silvestris to Felis catus: domestication -- Chapter 2.Selective breeding: cat breeds from the everyday to the unusual -- Chapter 3.The cat\'s perception of the world: structure, movement, and special senses -- Chapter 4.Reproduction and breeding management -- Chapter 5.Genetics: why all cats are tabbies -- Chapter 6.The human-cat relationship: benefits and responsibilities -- Part 2.Behavior: understadning the domestic cat -- Chapter 7.Developmental behavior: from kitten to adult -- Chapter 8.Soical life: communication patterns, social relationships, and terroriality -- Chapter 9.How cats learn (or learning to train a cat!) --Chapter 10.The misbehaving cat: behavior problems and solutions -- Part 3: Health and disease: keeping cats healthy and happy -- Chapter 11.Viral diseases -- Chapter 12.Bacterial, fungal, and protozoan diseases -- Chapter 13.Vaccination guidelines -- Chapter 14.Internal parasites -- Chapter 15.External parasites -- Chapter 16.First-aid procedures -- Part 4.Nutrition: feeding cats for health and longevity -- Chapter 17.The cat as an obligate carnivore: nutrient requirements -- Chapter 18.Providing a health diet: cat food selection and evaluation -- Chapter 19.Feeding management throughout the life cycle -- Chapter 20.Nutritionally responsive diseases.
This text provides pet owners, undergraduate students and pet professionals with a complete guide to four topical areas that are of interest. These are: the history of the human-cat relationship; behaviour of the domestic cat; feline nutrition; and feline health and disease.