Whether or not to castrate a gravid cat in an animal shelter - an analysis of the outcome

dc.rights.license	CC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisor	Leij, W.J.R. van der
dc.contributor.author	Wijsman, N.
dc.date.accessioned	2013-11-28T05:00:28Z
dc.date.available	2013-11-28T05:00:28Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.uri	https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/15366
dc.description.abstract	A flow chart was used to estimate the number of rehomable cats per 100 queens that enter a shelter in two different situations. In the first situation a fictive shelter spayed all their female cats, in the second situation a fictive shelter never knowingly spayed a gravid cat. Information from literature about the number of survivors per step in the chart was used to calculate the final numbers. When assuming a 100 percent effectivity of gravidity diagnostics the number of rehomable cats per 100 queens was 100 and 140 respectively.
dc.description.sponsorship	Utrecht University
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dc.language.iso	en
dc.title	Whether or not to castrate a gravid cat in an animal shelter - an analysis of the outcome
dc.type.content	Master Thesis
dc.rights.accessrights	Open Access
dc.subject.keywords	cats, cat, queen, animal shelter, shelter medicine, gravid, abortion
dc.subject.courseuu	Geneeskunde van gezelschapsdieren