Outdoor fecal disposition free-roaming cats

Abstract
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
July 1, 2006, Vol. 229, No. 1, Pages 74-81
doi: 10.2460/javma.229.1.74

Outdoor fecal deposition by free-roaming cats and attitudes of cat owners and nonowners toward stray pets, wildlife, and water pollution

Haydee A. Dabritz, BSc; E. Robert Atwill, DVM, PhD; Ian A. Gardner, BVSc, MPVM, PhD; Melissa A. Miller, DVM, PhD; Patricia A. Conrad, DVM, PhD

Wildlife Health Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616. (Dabritz, Conrad); Veterinary Medicine and Teaching Research Center, 18830 Rd 112, Tulare, CA 93274. (Atwill); Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616. (Gardner); California Department of Fish and Game, Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center, 1451 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. (Miller)

Supported by the Wildlife Health Center at the University of California-Davis, the Schwall Medical Fellowship, National Science Foundation grant No. 0525765, and Morris Animal Foundation grant No. D03ZO-25.