Hybridization between wild species and their domestic congeners is considered a major threat for wildlife conservation. Genetic integrity of the European wildcat, for instance, is a concern as they are outnumbered by domestic cats by several orders of magnitude throughout its range. We genotyped 1,071 individual wildcat samples obtained from hair traps and roadkills collected across the highly ...

The actual computer technology allows in many cases to simulate in real time the tought phenomena. CAT/CAL software taking advantage of that, will allow the students to gain a deep understanding of the basic concepts, eventually even before having seen the related equations. This paper presents the backgrounds and the contents of a new course for the teaching of rotating machines based on this ...

The domestic cat is an invasive species that often causes great impacts where introduced due to its high predatory and reproductive potential, especially on islands. In this study, carried out on Ilha Grande (RJ, Brazil), we aimed to: i) estimate the population density of domestic cats, ii) calculate the number of animals preyed upon annually by domestic cats, and iii) evaluate the efficiency o...

Back leg paresis is muscle weakness that can cause the inability to walk or support back of body. A domestic cat, female, black tabby hair colour with a bodyweight 2.9 kg has in both hind legs so it cannot lift body properly but there still reflex when pressing using tweezers sirurgis on gluteus tendon. The flexor reflexes digits are present slightly. From physical examination, was concluded di...

OBJECTIVES To correlate the presence and levels of total mercury (THg) in cord blood and meconium indicating prenatal exposure with developmental milestones at 2 years and to compare these subjects with controls of comparable age using cognitive adaptive test and clinical linguistic auditory milestone scale (CAT/CLAMS). METHODS In 48 of the original Tagum (T) subjects, cord blood and meconium...

Varieties of genetic tests are currently available for the domestic cat that support veterinary health care, breed management, species identification, and forensic investigations. Approximately thirty-five genes contain over fifty mutations that cause feline health problems or alterations in the cat's appearance. Specific genes, such as sweet and drug receptors, have been knocked-out of Felidae...

BACKGROUND Dermoscopy is a diagnostic tool that can reveal morphological structures not visible upon clinical examination. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES To assess the usefulness and applicability of dermoscopy for the examination of healthy cat skin. ANIMALS Twenty-one domestic short-haired cats from a feline rescue association. METHODS Four regions (head, dorsal neck, sacral and abdominal region...

An autosomal recessive syndrome characterized by congenital hypotrichosis and short life expectancy has been described in the Birman cat breed (Felis silvestris catus). We hypothesized that a FOXN1 (forkhead box N1) loss-of-function allele, associated with the nude phenotype in humans, mice and rats, may account for the syndrome observed in Birman cats. To the best of our knowledge, spontaneous...

1. Urban areas contain high densities of non-native species, which in the UK include the domestic cat Felis catus (Linnaeus 1758) and the grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis (Gmelin 1788). The direct predation effects of domestic cats on prey populations attract intense debate, and such influences of the nest-predatory grey squirrel are receiving increasing attention. In contrast, theory predict...