TY  - BOOK
AU  - Case,Linda P.
AU  - Helms,Kerry
AU  - MacAllister,Bruce
TI  - The cat: its behavior, nutrition, and health 
SN  - 9780813803319 (hbk.) :
AV  - SF442 .C37 2003
U1  - 636.8 CAS 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Ames, Iowa, Oxford
PB  - Iowa State University Press, Blackwell [distributor]
KW  - Cats
KW  - Behavior
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Health
KW  - Pets
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Veterinary medicine: small animals (pets)
KW  - thema
KW  - Zoology & animal sciences
KW  - Cats as pets
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -