Cats just want to have fun: Associations between play and welfare in domestic cats.
animal welfare
behaviour
cat
human-animal interaction
play
quality of life
Journal
Animal welfare (South Mimms, England)
ISSN: 0962-7286
Titre abrégé: Anim Welf
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9214272
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
05
07
2022
revised:
16
09
2022
accepted:
02
10
2022
medline:
27
1
2023
pubmed:
27
1
2023
entrez:
15
3
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Play is often considered an indicator and promotor of animal welfare and may facilitate closer cat-human relationships. However, few studies have empirically investigated these associations. The current study aimed to investigate play-related factors associated with four welfare outcome measures in cats (
Identifiants
pubmed: 38487456
doi: 10.1017/awf.2023.2
pii: S0962728623000027
pmc: PMC10936385
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e9Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2023.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
None. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results.