Population characteristics of feral cats admitted to seven trap-neuter-return programs in the United States

Wallace, Jennifer; Levy, Julie

doi:10.1016/j.jfms.2006.02.004

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“…Even when the common overrepresentation of female cats in shelters (Lepper et al 2002;Wallace and Levy 2006;Alberthsen et al 2016) is considered, the female to male sex ratio among dead cats was greater in comparison with the sex ratio of cats admitted to the monitored shelters. Considering the mortality rate and median LOS, our results suggest that females are admitted to shelters in a worse condition than males and that males have a higher survival rate.…”

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Rates of death and euthanasia for cats in no-kill shelters in the Czech Republic

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Successful reduction of death and euthanasia rates requires the determination of factors related to death and euthanasia of cats in shelters. In the period from 2011 to 2015, 474 cats died and 240 had to be euthanized for health reasons in the three cat shelters monitored in our study. Altogether, death was the ultimate outcome for 33% of the cats admitted in the shelters. Out of the cats that died, 67.3% cats died within the first month and 95.4% within 6 months of admission to the shelter. Similarly, 65.0% of all euthanized cats were euthanized within the first month and 88.3% were euthanized within 6 months of admission. Since the majority of mortalities occurred shortly after admission, they more probably resulted from the cats' poor condition at the time of admission rather than from the shelter's environment. Females and cats younger than 6 months were at an increased risk of mortality. Autumn and summer were the seasons with the majority of fatalities. In general, the number of cats that died was almost double the number of cats that were euthanized; this suggests that attempts to cure cats were favoured over euthanasia, even in cases of serious health problems. In the fields of cat welfare and veterinary healthcare, the results enable increased attention to be focused on the determined risk factors and thus are an important prerequisite for a successful solution to the problem of the high number of deaths and instances of euthanasia of cats in shelters.

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Rates of death and euthanasia for cats in no-kill shelters in the Czech Republic

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“…28 Such data may be characterized according to program type, veterinarian, animal species, surgery type, or other criteria to aid in identification of risk factors and inform subsequent refinement of protocols. 268,269 As in any veterinary practice, recognizing patterns is crucial to reducing morbidity and mortality rates, because pattern detection alerts the healthcare team to areas where the likelihood of complications is greatest so that protocols can be improved and vigilance increased at critical points. [270][271][272] High-quality, high-volume spayneuter programs can achieve morbidity and mortality rates similar to or lower than those encountered in small animal general practice.…”

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The Association of Shelter Veterinarians’ 2016 Veterinary Medical Care Guidelines for Spay-Neuter Programs

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McCobb³

et al. 2016

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As community efforts to reduce the overpopulation and euthanasia of unwanted and unowned cats and dogs have increased, many veterinarians have increasingly focused their clinical efforts on the provision of spay-neuter services. Because of the wide range of geographic and demographic needs, a wide variety of spay-neuter programs have been developed to increase delivery of services to targeted populations of animals, including stationary and mobile clinics, MASHstyle operations, shelter services, community cat programs, and services provided through private practitioners. In an effort to promote consistent, high-quality care across the broad range of these programs, the Association of Shelter Veterinarians convened a task force of veterinarians to develop veterinary medical care guidelines for spay-neuter programs. These guidelines consist of recommendations for general patient care and clinical procedures, preoperative care, anesthetic management, surgical procedures, postoperative care, and operations management. They were based on current principles of anesthesiology, critical care medicine, infection control, and surgical practice, as determined from published evidence and expert opinion. They represent acceptable practices that are attainable in spay-neuter programs regardless of location, facility, or type of program. The Association of Shelter Veterinarians envisions that these guidelines will be used by the profession to maintain consistent veterinary medical care in all settings where spay-neuter services are provided and to promote these services as a means of reducing sheltering and euthanasia of cats and dogs.

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“…The female domestic cat clearly and consistently displays seasonal reproductive activity with increasing northern latitudes (Jemmett & Evans 1977, Hurni 1981, Spindler & Wildt 1999, Freistedt et al 2001, Comizzoli et al 2003, Wallace & Levy 2006. In general, the nonbreeding (NB) season for free-living North American cat populations occurs over a 4 mo interval (Jemmett & Evans 1977), usually involving the months from August through January (Jemmett & Evans 1977, Spindler & Wildt 1999, Comizzoli et al 2003, Wallace & Levy 2006.…”

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“…In general, the nonbreeding (NB) season for free-living North American cat populations occurs over a 4 mo interval (Jemmett & Evans 1977), usually involving the months from August through January (Jemmett & Evans 1977, Spindler & Wildt 1999, Comizzoli et al 2003, Wallace & Levy 2006. Previous studies have revealed that circulating gonadotropins, estrual activity, and pregnancy success decline in response to decreased photoperiod (Leyva et al 1989, Jochle & Jochle 1993, Wallace & Levy 2006.…”

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Absence of seasonal changes in FSHR gene expression in the cat cumulus–oocyte complex in vivo and in vitro

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Howard²,

Wildt³

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Domestic cat oocytes are seasonally sensitive to FSH. Compared with those collected during the breeding season, oocytes from the nonbreeding (NB) season require more FSH during in vitro maturation to achieve comparable developmental competence. This study tested the hypothesis that this seasonal variation was due to altered expression of FSH receptors (FSHR) and/or FSH-induced genes. Relative expression levels of FSHR mRNA and FSH-enhanced gene estrogen receptor b (ESR2) were measured by qPCR in whole ovaries and immature cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) isolated from cat ovaries during the natural breeding vs NB seasons. Expression levels of FSH-induced genes prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 (PTGS2), early growth response protein-1 (EGR1), and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) were examined in mature COCs from both seasons that were a) recovered in vivo or b) matured in vitro with conventional (1 mg/ml) or high (10 mg/ml) FSH concentrations. Overall, FSHR mRNA levels were lower in whole ovaries during the NB compared with breeding season but were similar in immature COCs, whereas ESR2 levels did not differ in either group between intervals. We observed changes in PTGS2, EGR1, and EGFR mRNA expression patterns across maturation in COCs within but not between the two seasons. The lack of seasonal differentiation in FSH-related genes was not consistent with the decreased developmental capacity of oocytes fertilized during the NB season. These findings reveal that the seasonal decrease in cat oocyte sensitivity to FSH occurs both in vivo and in vitro. Furthermore, this decline is unrelated to changes in expression of FSHR mRNA or mRNA of FSH-induced genes in COCs from antral follicles.

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Population characteristics of feral cats admitted to seven trap-neuter-return programs in the United States

Cited by 86 publications

References 16 publications

Rates of death and euthanasia for cats in no-kill shelters in the Czech Republic

Rates of death and euthanasia for cats in no-kill shelters in the Czech Republic

The Association of Shelter Veterinarians’ 2016 Veterinary Medical Care Guidelines for Spay-Neuter Programs

Absence of seasonal changes in FSHR gene expression in the cat cumulus–oocyte complex in vivo and in vitro

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