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Lifespan of selected purebred cats UK

Lifespans of some purebred and random-bred domestic cats UK (some startling stats)

PoC avatarPosted on December 17, 2022 by Michael BroadDecember 17, 2022

A study (2017) discussed the differences in health and longevity between purebred and random-bred (also known as crossbred) domestic cats. It mentions that purebred dogs have been extensively studied and have wide variation in longevity and common diseases across breeds. … continue reading…

Posted in lifespan | Tagged cat health statistics, cat study, lifespan, lifespan of domestic cat, statistics, study | 2 Replies
Corneal sequestrum in a Persian cat

Sphynx cats have a higher prevalence of certain ocular diseases compared to other feline breeds

PoC avatarPosted on December 12, 2022 by Michael BroadDecember 12, 2022

Introduction A lot of this was written by ChatGPT by the way, an AI chatbox owned by Elon Musk. The man is a genius and a super-workaholic. I am always interested in inherited diseases of purebred cats because I like … continue reading…

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged breeding, cat eye disease, cat eyes, cat study, cornea, hairless cat, inherited, inherited illnesses, sphynx cat | Leave a reply

More than one third of a million domestic cats got Covid-19 in Britain

PoC avatarPosted on November 22, 2022 by Michael BroadNovember 22, 2022

NEWS AND COMMENT: There is a rather startling news media story circulating on the Internet at the moment stating that “more than 350,000 pet cats” have been infected by Covid in Britain. And I think that story should carry with … continue reading…

Posted in Covid-19 | Tagged Cat News, cat study, Covid-19, zoonosis, zoonotic diseases | 1 Reply
Communication between them is instinctive and intuitive

News media journalists need to understand cats better before they write about them

PoC avatarPosted on November 1, 2022 by Michael BroadNovember 1, 2022

Time and time again, I read online newspaper articles about domestic cat behaviour. The articles are often based upon studies. And it seems clear to me that both the scientists doing the research and writing up the studies and the … continue reading…

Posted in communicating with cats | Tagged cat behavior, cat communication, cat study, human to cat relationship, news
90% of elderly cats have OA

Underreported and underdiagnosed osteoarthritis in domestic cats?

PoC avatarPosted on October 30, 2022 by Michael BroadOctober 30, 2022

My research indicates to me that osteoarthritis is underreported and underdiagnosed in domestic cats in America. That assessment probably applies to other countries because it is difficult to assess. It’s hard to assess in the consulting room because cats are … continue reading…

Posted in osteoarthritis | Tagged cat health care, cat pain, cat study, cat x-rays, OA, osteoarthritis, usa, veterinarian
Cat in front of the Feline morbillivirus (FeMV)

Feline morbillivirus linked to feline chronic kidney disease

PoC avatarPosted on October 21, 2022 by Michael BroadOctober 21, 2022

Feline morbillivirus (FeMV) was, I’m told, first reported in Hong Kong and mainland China in 2012. It has been associated with kidney inflammation (nephritis). It can infect domestic and wild cats. A study in 2016 published on the National Library … continue reading…

Posted in viruses | Tagged cat study, cat virus, chronic kidney disease, Feline Viruses, infection, science
Cat hoarding

53 facts and thoughts about cat hoarding

PoC avatarPosted on September 23, 2022 by Michael BroadSeptember 23, 2022

Here are 53 facts interspersed with some thoughts of my own about cat hoarding. The facts come from studies and therefore they are scientifically based. There may be some overlap in these facts. The information comes from several scientific studies … continue reading…

Posted in hoarders | Tagged animal hoarding, bad cat ownership, cat hoarder, Cat Hoarding, cat study, crime, hoarding, human behavior, human mental health, irresponsible cat ownership, science, study
Newborn kittens

Birth weights of 15 cat breeds compared and other useful information

PoC avatarPosted on August 30, 2022 by Michael BroadAugust 30, 2022

It might interest some people to compare the birth weights of some cat breeds. These are the mean birth weights and they come from a study recently published from France. It is published on the Science Direct website. The scientists … continue reading…

Posted in birth weight | Tagged birth weight, cat breeds, cat study | Leave a reply
Cat's hind legs avoid obstacles thanks to working memory

Working memory in domestic cats to position hind legs

PoC avatarPosted on August 29, 2022 by Michael BroadAugust 29, 2022

People and animals need working memory in order to function properly. This is the part of short-term memory concerned with immediate conscious perceptual processing. Another definition is: a limited capacity store for retaining information for a brief period while performing … continue reading…

Posted in memory | Tagged cat brain, cat memory, cat study
2 tools to better feline oral health

8 tips on battling periodontal disease in domestic cats

PoC avatarPosted on August 21, 2022 by Michael BroadAugust 23, 2022

Dental hygiene chews, and a mixture of dry and wet can help maintain feline oral health combined with owner checks on oral health and teeth cleaning. Update: I’m writing this a day later. I bought some dental hygiene chews on … continue reading…

Posted in periodontal disease | Tagged cat caregiving, cat diet, cat gums, cat study, cat teeth cleaning, gum disease, periodontal disease, science | Leave a reply
Barney a relinquished cat

Why do people abandon their cats in the USA?

PoC avatarPosted on August 13, 2022 by Michael BroadAugust 13, 2022

To answer the question in the title I am going to rely on a very substantial survey from the United States conducted in the late 1990s from the Regional Shelter Relinquishment Survey Study. It was a team effort between the … continue reading…

Posted in abandoned cat | Tagged cat abandonment, cat relinquishment, cat study, human behavior, relinquishing cats | Leave a reply

Meta’s research on cat and dog people

PoC avatarPosted on August 9, 2022 by Michael BroadAugust 9, 2022

Yesterday was International Cat Day 2022 and in honour of this day, I’m going to refer to Meta’s research on cat and dog people, which was conducted on August 7, 2016, one day before International Cat Day 2016. Facebook is … continue reading…

Posted in cats versus dogs | Tagged ailurophile, cat lovers, cat study, cats and dogs, dog lover, facebook | Leave a reply
Cat loves woman and it is reciprocated

Do domestic cats prefer to interact with women or men?

PoC avatarPosted on August 8, 2022 by Michael BroadAugust 8, 2022

In general, domestic cats prefer to interact with women but this is not a black-and-white issue and the differences are not enormous between how domestic cats interact between men and women. However, my research based upon studies and employing general … continue reading…

Posted in bonding | Tagged ailurophile, bond, cat man, cat study, human to cat relationship, science | 3 Replies
Malaysian man uses cats to raise money on Facebook

Optimising cage space of shelter cats increases likelihood of adoption

PoC avatarPosted on August 5, 2022 by Michael BroadAugust 5, 2022

As part of the Capacity for Care (C4C) program, optimising cage space at shelters has found to be a very important component in improving the health and behaviour of shelter cats leading to lower deaths at shelters and increased adoptions. … continue reading…

Posted in adoption | Tagged animal shelter, animal shelters usa, cat cages, cat rescue adoptions, cat shelter, cat shelter euthanasia, cat study, study
Toxoplasma gondii

Domestic cats overly criticised for their role as hosts of Toxoplasma gondii

PoC avatarPosted on June 13, 2022 by Michael BroadJune 13, 2022

The life-cycle of Toxoplasma gondii is complicated. People tend to oversimplify it. They see the domestic cat infecting humans with this protozoan parasite which is about the extent of general knowledge. It isn’t that simple; far from it. This article … continue reading…

Posted in toxoplasmosis | Tagged Cat Parasite, Cat Parasites, cat study, endoparasites, human behavior, human to human relationship, parasites, science, Toxoplasma gondii, toxoplasmosis, zoonotic diseases | Leave a reply

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