Influencing Elimination Location in the Domestic Cat: A Semiochemical Approach.
animal behaviour
animal communication
elimination behaviour
elimination location
human–animal interactions
Journal
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
ISSN: 2076-2615
Titre abrégé: Animals (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101635614
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
31 Mar 2022
31 Mar 2022
Historique:
received:
17
02
2022
revised:
23
03
2022
accepted:
30
03
2022
entrez:
12
4
2022
pubmed:
13
4
2022
medline:
13
4
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
In the domestic cat, elimination at an inappropriate location is considered by cat owners and non-cat owners as an undesirable behaviour. The aim of the study was to assess the effect of a semiochemical formulation, reconstituted volatile fraction of cat anal gland secretions on the elimination behaviour of domestic cats. The study was conducted in four catteries, which housed 33 cats, using 37 litter trays and followed a randomised crossover design using the litter tray as the experimental unit. The parameters studied included daily elimination (urine plus stools) weight, urine weight, stool weight, elimination type and urine/stool quantity scoring. The parameters were analysed using GLMM with SAS 9.4 software. Four out of the six parameters studied showed a treatment effect, consistently in favour of cats defecating significantly less in the litter trays sprayed with the treatment versus litter trays sprayed with the control (elimination weight
Identifiants
pubmed: 35405885
pii: ani12070896
doi: 10.3390/ani12070896
pmc: PMC8997063
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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