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Cat Litter Box
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Neilson, J. (2004). Thinking outside the box: feline elimination. J Feline Med Surg, 6(1), 5-11.
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Overall, K. L. (1994). Animal behavior case of the month. Urine spraying by a cat in a multicat household. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 205(5), 694-696.
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Pryor, P. (2003). Animal behavior case of the month. Urine marking. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 223(8), 1117-1119.
Pryor, P. A., Hart, B. L., Bain, M. J., & Cliff, K. D. (2001). Causes of urine marking in cats and effects of environmental management on frequency of marking. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 219(12), 1709-1713.
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Wright, J. C., & Amoss, R. T. (2004). Prevalence of house soiling and aggression in kittens during the first year after adoption from a humane society. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 224(11), 1790-1795.
Cat Spraying
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Mills DS, Mills CB. Evaluation of a novel method for delivering a synthetic analogue of feline facial pheromone to control urine spraying by cats. Vet Rec. 2001 Aug 18;149(7):197-9.
Mills DS, White JC. Long-term follow up of the effect of a pheromone therapy on feline spraying behaviour. Vet Rec. 2000 Dec 23-30;147(26):746-7.
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Pryor PA, Hart BL, et al. Effects of a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor on urine spraying behavior in cats. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2001 Dec 1;219(11):1557-61.
Schwartz S. Use of cyproheptadine to control urine spraying in a castrated male domestic cat. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1999 Aug 15;215(4):501-2, 482.
Schwartz S. Use of cyproheptadine to control urine spraying and masturbation in a cat. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1999 Feb 1;214(3):369-71, 351-2.
White JC, Mills DS. Efficacy of synthetic feline facial pheromone (F3) analogue (Feliway) for the treatment of chronic non-sexual urine spraying by the domestic cat. Proceedings First Int Conf Vet Behav Med. Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, Potters Bar, 1997; 242.
Cat Aggression
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Ban, B. D. (1994). Cats need friends, too. Examining aggressive behavior in the cat. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 205(7), 946-947.
Barrett, J. A., Shaikh, M. B., Edinger, H., & Siegel, A. (1987). The effects of intrahypothalamic injections of norepinephrine upon affective defense behavior in the cat. Brain Res, 426(2), 381-384.
Beaver, B. V. (2004). Fractious cats and feline aggression. J Feline Med Surg, 6(1), 13-18.
Beaver, B. V. (1994). Differential approach to aggression by dogs and cats. Vet Q, 16 Suppl 1, 48S.
Blackshaw, J. K. (1988). Abnormal behaviour in cats. Aust Vet J, 65(12), 395-396.
Blanchard, D. C., Shepherd, J. K., De Padua Carobrez, A., & Blanchard, R. J. (1991). Sex effects in defensive behavior: baseline differences and drug interactions. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 15(4), 461-468.
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Byers, V. L., & Guthrie, M. D. (1984). The limbic system and behavior. J Neurosurg Nurs, 16(2), 80-83.
Chapman, B. L. (1991). Feline aggression. Classification, diagnosis, and treatment. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract, 21(2), 315-327.
Chapman, B. L., & Voith, V. L. (1990). Cat aggression redirected to people: 14 cases (1981-1987). J Am Vet Med Assoc, 196(6), 947-950.
Crowell-Davis, S. L., Barry, K., & Wolfe, R. (1997). Social behavior and aggressive problems of cats. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract, 27(3), 549-568.
Dunbar, I. F. (1975). Behavior of castrated animals. Vet Rec, 96(4), 92-93.
Fonberg, E. (1988). Dominance and aggression. Int J Neurosci, 41(3-4), 201-213.
Frank, D., & Dehasse, J. (2003). Differential diagnosis and management of human-directed aggression in cats. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract, 33(2), 269-286.
Gregg, T. R., & Siegel, A. (2003). Differential effects of NK1 receptors in the midbrain periaqueductal gray upon defensive rage and predatory attack in the cat. Brain Res, 994(1), 55-66.
Glusman, M. (1985). Brain mechanisms and aggressive behavior in the cat. Int J Neurol, 19-20, 163-185.
Hart, B. L., & Cooper, L. (1984). Factors relating to urine spraying and fighting in prepubertally gonadectomized cats. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 184(10), 1255-1258.
Hassanain, M., Bhatt, S., & Siegel, A. (2003). Differential modulation of feline defensive rage behavior in the medial hypothalamus by 5-HT1A and 5-HT2 receptors. Brain Res, 981(1-2), 201-209.
Houpt, K. A. (1985). Companion animal behavior: a review of dog and cat behavior in the field, the laboratory and the clinic. Cornell Vet, 75(1), 248-261.
Johansson, G., Huhtala, A., & Laakso, M. L. (1984). Effects of ethyl alcohol on hypothalamic affective defense in the cat. Pharmacol Biochem Behav, 20(6), 841-844.
Katz, R. J. (1980). Role of serotonergic mechanisms in animal models of predation. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol, 4(3), 219-231.
Knol, B. W., & Egberink-Alink, S. T. (1989). Treatment of problem behaviour in dogs and cats by castration and progestagen administration: a review. Vet Q, 11(2), 102-107.
Knowles, R. J., Curtis, T. M., & Crowell-Davis, S. L. (2004). Correlation of dominance as determined by agonistic interactions with feeding order in cats. Am J Vet Res, 65(11), 1548-1556.
Krotewicz, M., & Romaniuk, A. (1995). Social interactions in cats: regional brain monoamine distribution in dominant and submissive cats. Acta Neurobiol Exp (Wars), 55(4), 271-279.
Li, W., Han, S., Gregg, T. R., Kemp, F. W., Davidow, A. L., Louria, D. B., et al. (2003). Lead exposure potentiates predatory attack behavior in the cat. Environ Res, 92(3), 197-206.
Maeda, H., Maki, S., & Uchimura, H. (1988). Facilitatory effects of caerulein on hypothalamic defensive attack in cats. Brain Res, 459(2), 351-355.
Maeda, H., & Maki, S. (1987). Dopamine agonists produce functional recovery from septal lesions which affect hypothalamic defensive attack in cats. Brain Res, 407(2), 381-385.
Manteca, X. (1995). Animal behavior case of the month. Aggression of 2 weeks' duration between 2 cats in the same household. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 206(3), 317-318.
Marder, A. R. (1991). Animal bites: behavior modification of the offending animal. Semin Vet Med Surg (Small Anim), 6(3), 192-198.
Marder, A. R., & Marder, L. R. (1985). Human-companion animal relationships and animal behavior problems. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract, 15(2), 411-421.
Overall, K. L. (1997). Animal behavior case of the month. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 211(11), 1376-1378.
Overall, K. (2005). Are you encountering problematic behavior? DVM Magazine [electronic version] Accessed June 2006 from http://www.dvmnewsmagazine.com/dvm/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=144581
Pellis, S. M., O'Brien, D. P., Pellis, V. C., Teitelbaum, P., Wolgin, D. L., & Kennedy, S. (1988). Escalation of feline predation along a gradient from avoidance through "play" to killing. Behav Neurosci, 102(5), 760-777.
Reisner, I. R., Houpt, K. A., Erb, H. N., & Quimby, F. W. (1994). Friendliness to humans and defensive aggression in cats: the influence of handling and paternity. Physiol Behav, 55(6), 1119-1124.
Reisner, I. (1991). The pathophysiologic basis of behavior problems. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract, 21(2), 207-224.
Romaniuk, A. (1980). Neurotransmitters systems interactions in cat brain in the control of emotional-defensive behavior. Acta Physiol Pol, 31 Suppl 20, 107-117.
Schwartz, S. (1998). Animal behavior case of the month. Aggression of a cat toward its owner when cleaning the cat's litter box. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 212(9), 1384-1385.
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Shaikh, M. B., Lu, C. L., MacGregor, M., & Siegel, A. (1991). Dopaminergic regulation of quiet biting attack behavior in the cat. Brain Res Bull, 27(5), 725-730.
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Siegel, A., & Schubert, K. (1995). Neurotransmitters regulating feline aggressive behavior. Rev Neurosci, 6(1), 47-61.
Siegel, A., & Pott, C. B. (1988). Neural substrates of aggression and flight in the cat. Prog Neurobiol, 31(4), 261-283.
Siegel, A., & Edinger, H. M. (1983). Role of the limbic system in hypothalamically elicited attack behavior. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 7(3), 395-407.
Spain, C. V., Scarlett, J. M., & Houpt, K. A. (2004). Long-term risks and benefits of early-age gonadectomy in cats. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 224(3), 372-379.
Taliaferro, L., & Beaver, B. V. (1996). Animal behavior case of the month. Aggressive attacks by a cat against its owner. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 209(1), 66-68.
Voith, V. L. (1993). Behaviour problems in cats. Tijdschr Diergeneeskd, 118 Suppl 1, 58S-59S.
Voith, V. L. (1981). Profile of 100 animal behavior cases. Mod Vet Pract, 62(6), 483-484.
Voith, V. L. (1980). Play behavior interpreted as aggression or hyperactivity: case histories. Mod Vet Pract, 61(8), 707-709.
Voith, V. L. (1979). Multiple approaches to treating behavior problems. Mod Vet Pract, 60(8), 651-654.
Wright, J. C., & Amoss, R. T. (2004). Prevalence of house soiling and aggression in kittens during the first year after adoption from a humane society. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 224(11), 1790-1795.
Zagrodzka, J., & Jurkowski, T. (1988). Changes in the aggressive behavior of cats treated with amphetamine. Int J Neurosci, 41(3-4), 287-296.
Zagrodzka, J., Fonberg, E., & Brudnias-Graczyk, Z. (1985). Predatory dominance and aggressive display under imipramine treatment in cats. Acta Neurobiol Exp (Wars), 45(5-6), 137-149.
Zbrozyna, A. W. (1983). Habituation of the threatening response in cats and kittens. Acta Neurobiol Exp (Wars), 43(3), 183-192.
Zielinski, K. (1993). Intertrial responses in defensive instrumental learning. Acta Neurobiol Exp (Wars), 53(1), 215-229.
Cat Scratching
Overall, K. (2005). Are you encountering problematic behavior? DVM Magazine [electronic version] Accessed June 2006 from http://www.dvmnewsmagazine.com/dvm/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=144581
Voith, V. L. (1979). Multiple approaches to treating behavior problems. Mod Vet Pract, 60(8), 651-654.
Cat Other
Crowell-Davis, S. L., Curtis, T. M., & Knowles, R. J. (2004). Social organization in the cat: a modern understanding. J Feline Med Surg, 6(1), 19-28.
Felthous, A. R. (1981). Childhood cruelty to cats, dogs and other animals. Bull Am Acad Psychiatry Law, 9(1), 48-53.
Horwitz, D. F. (2000). Differences and similarities between behavioral and internal medicine. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 217(9), 1372-1376.
Houpt, K. A., & Zicker, S. (2003). Dietary effects on canine and feline behavior. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract, 33(2), 405-416, vii-viii.
Houpt, K. A., Honig, S. U., & Reisner, I. R. (1996). Breaking the human-companion animal bond. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 208(10), 1653-1659.
Houpt, K. A., & Beaver, B. (1981). Behavioral problems of geriatric dogs and cats. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract, 11(4), 643-652.
Overall, K. L., Rodan, I., Beaver, B. V., Carney, H., Crowell-Davis, S., Hird, N., et al. (2005). Feline behavior guidelines from the American Association of Feline Practitioners. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 227(1), 70-84.
Overall, K. (2006). Watching the cues will help unlock clues to feline communication. DVM Magazine [electronic version] Accessed June 2006 from http://www.dvmnewsmagazine.com/dvm/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=310029
Overall, K. (2005). Feline communication: Listen to the tail's tale. DVM Magazine [electronic version] Accessed June 2006 from http://www.dvmnewsmagazine.com/dvm/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=201600
Overall, K. (2005). Cat signaling: Learn the behavior dance to help patients. DVM Magazine [electronic version] Accessed June 2006 from http://www.dvmnewsmagazine.com/dvm/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=181037
Scarlett, J. M., Salman, M. D., New, J. G., & Kass, P. H. (2002). The role of veterinary practitioners in reducing dog and cat relinquishments and euthanasias. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 220(3), 306-311.
Schwartz, S. (2003). Separation anxiety syndrome in dogs and cats. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 222(11), 1526-1532.
Schwartz, S. (2002). Separation anxiety syndrome in cats: 136 cases (1991-2000). J Am Vet Med Assoc, 220(7), 1028-1033.
Stubbs, W. P., Bloomberg, M. S., Scruggs, S. L., Shille, V. M., & Lane, T. J. (1996). Effects of prepubertal gonadectomy on physical and behavioral development in cats. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 209(11), 1864-1871.