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
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

e9

Informations 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.

Auteurs

Julia Henning (J)

School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Mudla Wirra Rd, Roseworthy SA 5371, Australia.

Torben Nielsen (T)

School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Mudla Wirra Rd, Roseworthy SA 5371, Australia.

Eduardo Fernandez (E)

School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Mudla Wirra Rd, Roseworthy SA 5371, Australia.

Susan Hazel (S)

School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Mudla Wirra Rd, Roseworthy SA 5371, Australia.

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