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  title info:
    title: Implementation of a feral cat management program on a university campus
    sub title: population characteristics, outcomes, and educational impact
  name:
    name part: Hughes, Kathy L.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 2000
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    form: remote
    extent: x, 69 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
  abstract: A trap-test-vaccinate-alter-return-monitor (TTVARM) program was implemented on the Texas A&M University campus in August 1998 to manage the feral cat population. Results of the program were summarized for the period August 1998 - April 2000. Cats were humanely trapped once a month. In surgery laboratories, senior veterinary students examined the cats, tested them for feline leukemia and feline immunodeficiency virus infections, vaccinated, and surgically neutered the cats. Cats testing positive for either disease were euthanized. Cats were returned to their capture sites and maintained in managed colonies, in which volunteers provided food and observed the cats. Captured tame cats and kittens were placed for adoption. A total of 150 cats were captured. The population had approximately a 1:1 male to female ratio. The majority of cats were young adults. The proportion of kittens caught was significantly less in year 2 than in year 1. The prevalence found for feline leukemia and feline immunodeficiency virus infections was 5.4% and 6.8%, respectively. The number of tame cats trapped was significantly greater in year 2 than in year 1. In the surgery laboratories, 112 cats were neutered. Ninety-nine cats were returned to campus following surgery. Approximately one-third of the cats due for their annual vaccinations were recaptured and revaccinated. Twenty-seven kittens and tame adults were placed for adoption. An anonymous questionnaire was distributed to the TAMU veterinary class of 1999 to evaluate their attitudes regarding feral cat issues and their response to participation in the feral cat surgery laboratories. Sixty percent of the students responded that they had participated in the laboratories. Of these, a majority found them beneficial. With regard to the best method for managing feral cats, 77% chose TTVAR. Eighty-three percent of the students would be willing to work on feral cats in practice, and a majority of these would be willing to participate in and prom…
  note: by Kathy L. Hughes.
  note: "Major subject: Epidemiology".
  note: Vita.
  note: Also available online.
  note: Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
  note: M.S. Texas A&M University 2000.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 47-50).
  subject:
    topic: Major epidemiology
  identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2000-THESIS-H838
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      url: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2000-THESIS-H838
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 010424
    record change date: 20220103114500.0
    record identifier: in00001609227