A Technical Discussion of Animal Science Research and Topics by an Oregon State student
Posted in Article Reviews on Aug 16th, 2012
I’ve recently been collecting evidence that suggests that we could increase adoption rates by incorporating more group housing into shelters. In building my study, I’m now interested in what factors make cats less desirable at shelters so that potentially we could market less desirable cats by placing them in housing that will make them more [...]
Posted in Article Reviews on Aug 14th, 2012
As I continue my research trend concerning adoption rates in shelter cats, I came across this thesis by Nadine Gourkow, who is much more famous than I ever realized while reading the article. A brief google search of her name reveals that she is at the forefront of shelter cat welfare, and clearly I need [...]
Posted in Article Reviews on Aug 2nd, 2012
This article is one of many that I’m currently reviewing to build the introduction for the original research I plan to complete this summer/fall. This is the first of several posts discussing shelter cats to come in the next several weeks. This study by Kessler and Turner (1997) took a look at the stress levels [...]
Posted in Article Reviews on Oct 23rd, 2011
I recently had a professor tell me that if I didn’t let them know if I made it into vet school, they would forever curse me with fat, in heat, Labrador spays for the rest of my career. I can think of few fates worse for a future veterinarian (though I did mention that the [...]
