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ArticleAnimal welfare (South Mimms, England)2025

Socialising kitties: A quantitative survey of US cat owner attitudes towards kitten and adult cat socialisation programmes.

Jennifer K Link, Carly M Moody

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Article in Animal welfare (South Mimms, England), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jennifer K LinkThe Animal Welfare Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6770-6823
Carly M MoodyThe Animal Welfare Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-5932

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Socialisation is important for normal social and behavioural development in companion animals. However, little research has focused on kitten socialisation or owner attitudes towards kitten socialisation programmes. Thus, we used a quantitative online survey to describe US cat owner attitudes towards kitten socialisation and elucidate aspects of socialisation programmes deemed important by owners. Questions (n = 45) included participant demographics, participant experiences with socialisation, information regarding participants' cats (

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Animal welfarebehaviourcat managementcritical periodfelinehuman-animal interactionssensitive period

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PMCPMC12277100

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