Development of a protocol to assess welfare of unowned cats by necropsy

TY - ABST

T1 - Development of a protocol to assess welfare of unowned cats by necropsy

AU - Thuesen, Ida Sofie

AU - Sandøe, Peter

AU - Agerholm, Jørgen Steen

AU - Nielsen, Søren Saxmose

N1 - Conference code: 28

PY - 2019

Y1 - 2019

N2 - Populations of unowned, and often unsocialized, cats are widespread in many countries, where they are often viewed as pests. Still, some people and groups care about their welfare. Assessments of the welfare of cats in these populations are best conducted post mortem, because, with their fear of humans and aggressive behavior when handled, the animals are difficult to examine clinically. Systematic post mortem assessment of welfare has been attempted with poultry (Sherwin et al., 2010) but not cats. We present the development of a protocol to assess the welfare of cats by means of necropsy.

AB - Populations of unowned, and often unsocialized, cats are widespread in many countries, where they are often viewed as pests. Still, some people and groups care about their welfare. Assessments of the welfare of cats in these populations are best conducted post mortem, because, with their fear of humans and aggressive behavior when handled, the animals are difficult to examine clinically. Systematic post mortem assessment of welfare has been attempted with poultry (Sherwin et al., 2010) but not cats. We present the development of a protocol to assess the welfare of cats by means of necropsy.

M3 - Conference abstract in proceedings

SP - 78

BT - Animals in the Public Eye

PB - International Society for Anthrozoology

T2 - Annual ISAZ Conference

Y2 - 1 July 2019 through 4 July 2019

ER -