Effect of cognitive enrichment on behavior, mucosal immunity and upper respiratory disease of shelter cats rated as frustrated on arrival
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- 作者：Nadine Gourkow ; Clive J.C. Phillips ; c.phillips@uq.edu.au" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Emotions ; Enrichment ; Frustration ; Human interaction ; Secretory immunoglobulin A ; Respiratory disease ; Shelter cats
- 刊名：Preventive Veterinary Medicine
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：1 September 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：131
- 期：Complete
- 页码：103-110
- 全文大小：720 K
文摘
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Regular cognitive enrichment of frustrated cats − a human teaching them a task − improved their welfare.
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Treated cats were more content than cats not taught the task.
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Treated cats had increased concentrations of immunoglobulin A in their feces.
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Cats that responded well to the treatment had the biggest increase in concentrations of immunoglobulin A in their feces.
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Treated cats had less respiratory disease.