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Association between Characteristics of Cats and Satisfaction of Owners who Adopted Cats from an Animal Hospital in Japan

A follow-up questionnaire survey was conducted with 29 cat owners who adopted cats from an animal hospital in Japan. Physical characteristics were found to be important factors for the owners when choosing a cat. There were significant differences between impression of the cat for the owners at pres...

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Autores principales: ONODERA, Nodoka, UCHIDA, Keiko, KAKUMA, Yoshie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4073343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24419973
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.12-0569
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description A follow-up questionnaire survey was conducted with 29 cat owners who adopted cats from an animal hospital in Japan. Physical characteristics were found to be important factors for the owners when choosing a cat. There were significant differences between impression of the cat for the owners at present and images of their ideal cats, and the levels of aggression and activeness of the cats at present were rated higher than their ideal cats. A significant negative correlation was found between the degree of satisfaction with the cat and occurrence of house soiling; thus, some behavioral problems may deteriorate the relationship between the owner and the cat.
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spelling pubmed-40733432014-06-27 Association between Characteristics of Cats and Satisfaction of Owners who Adopted Cats from an Animal Hospital in Japan ONODERA, Nodoka UCHIDA, Keiko KAKUMA, Yoshie J Vet Med Sci Ethology A follow-up questionnaire survey was conducted with 29 cat owners who adopted cats from an animal hospital in Japan. Physical characteristics were found to be important factors for the owners when choosing a cat. There were significant differences between impression of the cat for the owners at present and images of their ideal cats, and the levels of aggression and activeness of the cats at present were rated higher than their ideal cats. A significant negative correlation was found between the degree of satisfaction with the cat and occurrence of house soiling; thus, some behavioral problems may deteriorate the relationship between the owner and the cat. The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2014-01-13 2014-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4073343/ /pubmed/24419973 http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.12-0569 Text en ©2014 The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License.
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ONODERA, Nodoka
UCHIDA, Keiko
KAKUMA, Yoshie
Association between Characteristics of Cats and Satisfaction of Owners who Adopted Cats from an Animal Hospital in Japan
title Association between Characteristics of Cats and Satisfaction of Owners who Adopted Cats from an Animal Hospital in Japan
title_full Association between Characteristics of Cats and Satisfaction of Owners who Adopted Cats from an Animal Hospital in Japan
title_fullStr Association between Characteristics of Cats and Satisfaction of Owners who Adopted Cats from an Animal Hospital in Japan
title_full_unstemmed Association between Characteristics of Cats and Satisfaction of Owners who Adopted Cats from an Animal Hospital in Japan
title_short Association between Characteristics of Cats and Satisfaction of Owners who Adopted Cats from an Animal Hospital in Japan
title_sort association between characteristics of cats and satisfaction of owners who adopted cats from an animal hospital in japan
topic Ethology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4073343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24419973
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.12-0569
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