ReviewAnimal welfare (South Mimms, England)2025
A framework to refocus the conversation around the welfare of UK purebred cats.
Review 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. Cited by 1 paper.
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1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Dystocia in cats under UK primary emergency veterinary care: epidemiology, clinical management and outcomes.The Journal of small animal practice · 2026Article
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Abstract
Previously, consideration of purebred cat welfare has focused heavily on links between specific breeds and their predispositions to disease, extreme morphology, and behavioural traits. While these are certainly important to consider, negative messaging about purebred cats is often poorly evidenced and can be alienating to owners and breeders, with consequent limited or even negative welfare gain. Negative focus on individual breeds also risks overlooking the wider picture, where propagation of genetic traits that impinge upon welfare should be avoided across all cats (
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