Domestic cats

An analogy might be found in the common house cat. Is a house cat a domestic animal or a wild animal A cat behaves as a domestic animal when it comes when called for food or for affection, but it behaves as a wild animal as soon as a spider has the bad fortune to scuttle across its path. So is the cat domestic or wild Sometimes one description works, sometimes the other. The cat is neither and it is both. Our light is sometimes described well as a particle and sometimes as a wave. 

Carnivora (3/11) A range of structural/functional work suggests that the organ is typically present. Domestic species predominate, e.g. dogs and cats (Read, 1908 Adams, 1984 Salazar et al., 1992 and 1995 Salazar, 1996) the Red fox (Wohrmann-Reppening, 1993) ferret (Weiler et al., 1999) and mink (Ferron, 1973 Salazar, 1998). 

Verbeme G. (1976). Chemo-communication among domestic cats mediated by the olfactory and vomero nasal senses, 2 the relation between the function of Jacobson s [vomeronasal] organ and flehmen behaviour. Z Tierpsychol 42, 113-128. 

Domestic cat, Felis domesticus Ate fish from below chloralkali plant, NW Ontario ... 

Domestic cat, Felis domesticus 0.25 mg/kg BW daily for 90 days (total 80-90 mg Hg) dietary route Mean survival time 78 days. Convulsions starting at day 68 all with signs by day 90. Liver residues of survivors were 40.2 and 18.1 mg/kg FWfortotal mercury and inorganic mercury, respectively 2... 

Fenvalerate toxicity is antagonized by atropine sulfate or methocarbamol, which may be effective in treating severe cases of poisoning (Hiromori et al. 1986). Conversely, some compounds exacerbate the toxicity of fenvalerate and interfere with a desired use. Domestic cats (Felis domes-ticus) treated with Fendeet (an aerosol mixture of fenvalerate and A-A-diethyl-m-toluamide) to control fleas and ticks sometimes show signs of toxicosis, such as tremors, hypersalivation, ataxia, vomiting, depression, and seizures. Signs usually appeared within hours of topical application, and females and juveniles seem to be the most sensitive groups. The demonstrated ability of N-N-diethyl-m-toluamide to enhance the dermal absorption of fenvalerate is the probable cause of toxicosis (Dorman et al. 1990). 

It is clear that both the form of molybdenum administered and the route of exposure affect molybdenum metabolism and survival (Table 30.4). By comparison, adverse effects (some deaths) were noted at 250 mg Mo/kg body weight (BW) (in guinea pigs), at 50 mg/kg BW in domestic cats (central nervous system impairment), at 10 mg/L drinking water in mice (survival), at 10 to 15 mg total daily intake in humans (high incidence of gout-like disease), and at to 3 mg/m3 air in humans for 5 years (respiratory difficulties), or 6 to 19 mg/m3 in humans for 4 years (Table 30.4). 

Ten species of mammals (cow, Bos spp. domestic dog, Canis familiarise guinea pig, Cavia spp. domestic cat, Fells domesticuse human, Homo sapiens hamster, Cricetus spp. domestic mouse, Mus spp. domestic sheep, Ovis aries laboratory white rat, Rattus spp. domestic pig, Sus spp.). 

The Biological Function of Cauxin, a Major Urinary Protein of the Domestic Cat (Felis catus)... 

Although proteinuria is often considered to be a pathological event, we demonstrated that this is not the case for the domestic cat. Male cat urine contains a large amount of the mammalian carboxylesterase family member termed cauxin. Cauxin is excreted in a species-, sex-, and age-dependent manner and regulates the production of felinine, a putative pheromone precursor. This finding provides an example of a previously unknown type of proteinuria involved in chemical communication. 

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