A Cross-Sectional Survey to Estimate the Cat Population and Ownership Profiles in a Semirural Area of Central Italy
المؤلفون المشاركون
Carvelli, Andrea
Iacoponi, Francesca
Scaramozzino, Paola
المصدر
العدد
المجلد 2016، العدد 2016 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2016)، ص ص. 1-9، 9ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2016-08-17
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
9
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Understanding animal population size and its demographic features is essential to address Public Health policies as well as to provide valuable information to pet industries and veterinary practitioners.
Nevertheless, official data on feline population are not available worldwide.
In the present study, the owned cat population size, its demographic attributes, and the ownership profiles have been investigated through a face-to-face questionnaire in a semirural area of Central Italy.
The human : cat ratio was equal to 6.8 (95% CI: 5.7–7.5); 29.3% of households own at least one cat.
The majority of cats were living in a rural area (67.8%) and outdoors, were neutered (70.5%), and were fed with commercial food (54.8%) and they visited a veterinarian 1-2 times a year (43.3%).
The cat ownership was strongly associated with people living in a rural area and owning another pet.
As the cat owned population was mainly kept outdoors in rural areas, the possible relation between the owned and the stray animals is worthy to be monitored in future researches.
Our study revealed that the feline owned population was larger than expected and that social and economic human factors do not influence the cat ownership.
Health Authorities and veterinary practitioners should promote responsible ownership to increase the veterinary care, to intensify the official identification, and to properly manage the outdoor lifestyle.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Carvelli, Andrea& Iacoponi, Francesca& Scaramozzino, Paola. 2016. A Cross-Sectional Survey to Estimate the Cat Population and Ownership Profiles in a Semirural Area of Central Italy. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1097432
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Carvelli, Andrea…[et al.]. A Cross-Sectional Survey to Estimate the Cat Population and Ownership Profiles in a Semirural Area of Central Italy. BioMed Research International No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1097432
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Carvelli, Andrea& Iacoponi, Francesca& Scaramozzino, Paola. A Cross-Sectional Survey to Estimate the Cat Population and Ownership Profiles in a Semirural Area of Central Italy. BioMed Research International. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1097432
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1097432
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر