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Chaconas. "Cat Declaw." Personal interview. 3 Jan. 2011.

We discussed my three declaw methods. Dr. Chaconas described in detail how each effected a cat differently. We talked about cat declawing in general and our opinions on the subject. This interview was essential to my project.

 

Cote, Etienne. Clinical Veterinary Advisor: Dogs and Cats. St. Louis, MO: Mosby Elsevier, 2007. Print. This book is a very concise but thorough reference for everyday use. It describes many medical procedures involving felines. It gives a through description of a cat declaw.

 

Crow, Steven E., Sally O. Walshaw, Jennifer E. Boyle, and Steven E. Crow. Manual of Clinical Procedures in Dogs, Cats, Rabbits, and Rodents. Ames, IA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. Print.

This book gives an overall review of a cat declaw. It discusses the procedure in great detail. It will help me to understand how the surgery impacts the patient.

 

Eldredge, Debra M. Cat Owner's Veterinary Handbook. Hoboken: Wiley, New Jersey. Print.

This book gives an overview on the topic of declawing a cat. It talks about the effects of amputating the p3 bone. It discusses the recovery and complications of cat declawing.

 

Garvey, Michael. The Veterinarians' Guide to Your Cat's Symptoms. New York: Villard, 1999. Print. This document will allow me to understand a cat's symptoms. After surgery a cat will behave differently. This will allow me to understand how a cat is feeling after the surgery.

 

Gilbert, Stephen G., and Cheralea Gilbert. Outline of Cat Anatomy: with Reference to the Human. Seattle: University of Washington, 2000. Print. The book employs anatomical terms used in human rather than veterinary anatomy and includes illustrations of human anatomy that may be compared with those of the cat. It explains the anatomy of a cat.

 

Gromis, Di Trana, Caterina. Cats. Vercelli, Italy: White Star, 2005. Print.

This document contains a personal experience for a pet owner. It includes information on declawing, alternatives, and veterinarian opinions with declawing their cat. This book will help me to better understand and explain the owners’ satisfaction in declawing. It will also help me to explain to the owners the severity of a cat declaw.

 

Piermattei, Donald L., and Kenneth A. Johnson. An Atlas of Surgical Approaches to the Bones and Joints of the Dog and Cat. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders, 2004. Print. This document gives an overview of how the bones and joints function in a cat. It explains how each bone and joint works, letting me know how a declaw will effect a cat.

 

Pitcairn, Richard H. Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats. Rodale, 2005. Print. This document recognizes the natural behavior of cats and how it may seem destructive. It describes the general behavior of cats, and a description of the surgery.

 

Sebastiani, Aurora M., and Dale W. Fishbeck. Mammalian Anatomy: the Cat. Englewood, CO: Morton Pub., 2005. Print. This book gives detailed descriptions of a feline's body. It will help me to identify what a veterinarian is amputating during onychectomy.

 

Reilly. "Cat Declaw." Personal interview. 12 Jan. 2011.

Dr. Reilly talked about her opinion of cat declawing. We discussed the many ways to declaw a cat and which are the best. We discussed my three methods and how they effect the cat. It was very helpful to my research project.

 

Yarnall, Celeste, and Jean Hofve. The Complete Guide to Holistic Cat Care: an Illustrated Handbook. Beverly, MA: Quarry, 2009. Print. This book is an accompany of the most up-to-date information on holistic cat care. Those who have been privileged to live with a cat for many years describe how a cat lives and moves. This will help me understand how a cat will react to a declaw.

 

Zucker, Martin. The Veterinarians' Guide to Natural Remedies for Cats: Safe and Effective Alternative Treatments and Healing Techniques from the Nation's Top Holistic Veterinarians. New York: Three Rivers, 1999. Print. This book gives alternatives to cat declawing and other surgical procedures. This book will allow me to compare cat declawing and alternatives.

 

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Declawing. Dr. Christianne Schelling, 2010. Web. 20 Oct. 2010

<www.declawing.com...>  This article gives an overview on the topic of declawing a cat. It talks about the hazardous effects of amputating a part of a feline. It discusses the other ways besides declawing that can be used to stop a cat from scratching and harming one or their furniture.

 

The Paw Project. Jennifer Conrad, 2009. Web. 20 Oct. 2010

<www.pawproject.com>  This website describes what declawing is, how common the procedure is, if the surgery is painful, behavioral characteristics of cats, experience with declawed cats and un-declawed cats, the different ways to declaw a cat, complications of the surgery, and suggestions on the topic. The website holds many different studies that will help with my project.

 

Declawing and its Alternatives. Publishing Professionals, 2009. Web. 20 Oct. 2010

<www.marvistavet.com...>  This document describes in detail all the different procedures possible in a declaw surgery. It discusses the complications and recovery times for each different type of surgery.

 

Declawing your Cat. Talk to the Vet, 2010. 20 Web. Oct. 2010.

<www.talktothevet.com>  In Talk to the Vet, it includes a wide variety of topics. It has surgical procedures, home care, general information, and complications that could occur. It contains detailed documents on each topic.

 

Claws and Paws. Claws and Paws Veterinary Hospital, 2010. Web. 21 Oct. 2010

< www.cpvh.com...>  The Claws and Paws article has research and reviews on the topic of declawing. It contains general information on the topic and the steps in a declawing procedure. The research will help me to explain what exactly happens during a surgery.

 

Cat Owners Face Declawing Dilemma. The Associated Press, 2010. Web. 21 Oct. 2010.

< www.msnbc.msn.com> This document contains a personal experience for a pet owner. It includes information on declawing, alternatives, veterinarian opinions, and their personal dilemma with declawing their cat. This website will help me to better understand and explain the owners’ satisfaction in declawing.

 

Declawing. PetStation, 2010. Web. 22 Oct. 2010.

< www.petstation.com...>  The PetStation describes how the procedure works and how it effect the animal. It gives descriptive details on the alternatives of declawing ones animal.

 

The Declaw Dilemma. About.com, 2010. Web. 23 Oct. 2010

< vetmedicine.about.com>  The article gives an overview on the techniques, different methods, age to declaw, complications, alternatives, and therapy for the procedure. This website will help me further my research.

 

Declawing Cats. Ask The Doctor, 2010. Web. 23 Oct. 2010

< www.askthecatdoctor.com...>  The document gives a detailed description of the surgery. This includes the anatomy of the cats paw and the steps in the surgery itself. The document gives a general summary of the procedure and information on the cat. It also answers the most popular questions of pet owners.

 

Declawing Cats, CFA Guidance Statement. The Cat Fanciers' Association, 2009. Web. 23 Oct. 2010. < www.cfainc.org> The CFA recognize the natural behavior of cats and how it may seem destructive. The article describes the general behavior of cats, and a summary of the surgery. This document will help me to understand why cats scratch and how to explain this to the owners.

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Animal Genetics. Animal Genetics, Inc, 2010. Web. 27 Aug. 2010. <www.animalgenetics.us>. This article gives an overview on Avian, Canine, and Equine genetic testing. For Avians it offers DNA testing, information on disease testing and cure and different bird species. For Canines it offers genetic disorders, the different breeds, and the different coat colors dogs can have. For Equine they have an array of tests. They offer coat testing, genetic disorders, DNA profiling and parentage verification.

 

BMC Veterinary research. BioMed Central, 2012. Web. 27 Aug. 2010. <www.biomedcentral.com...>. The BMC Veterinary Research is a journal that does research in all aspects of veterinary science and medicine. The journal works with domestic, farm and wild animals on epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of medical conditions. Also the biomedical processes that underlie their health and how to cure/it from happening.

 

Canadian Veterinary Journal. US National Lib. of Medicine, 18 Nov. 2009. Web. 27 Aug. 2010. <www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...‌/>. This journal includes many different topics. for example: pheromones in dogs, herd risk factors, disease prevention, trichomoniasis in finches, high cardic troponin I plasma in calf’s etc. this would be a good experimental and study journal to look at for different ideas about animals. the journal holds many different studies that could relate to a future project.

 

Forsberg, Mat, ed. ACTA Veterinaria Scandinavica. BioMed Central Ltd, 2010. Web. 27 Aug. 2010. <www.actavetscand.com>. This journal gives insight to veterinary medicine for domestic and wild animals. There topics range from orthopedics to screening for potential pathogens in feral pigeons. They have a wide variety of information on almost all subjects. The testing happens on mostly Equine.

 

Go Pets America. Go Pets America, Inc., 2010. Web. 27 Aug. 2010. <www.gopetsamerica.com...>. The Go Pets America website contains classification, reproduction, diseases, signs of illness, rescues and coat pattern for domestic, equine, avian, and reptiles. the website also contains pictures and detail descriptions of all the information.

 

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. Animals and Socciety Inst., May 2010. Web. 27 Aug. 2010. <www.animalsandsociety.org. The JAAWS archive offers articles about society’s relationship with animals. It discuses husbandry, the welfare of animals in laboratories, farms, domestic and wildlife, and humane experimentation. The website mostly contains records of inhumane conditions and action’s that humans have put animals in. this website would be good for a future business to look at and how to properly treat all types of animals.

 

Kiado, Akademiai. ACTA Veterinaria Hungarica.  Ed. Andras Szekely, Margit Szekely, and Xfer Grafikai Muhely. Journals Business Centre, 2009. Web. 27 Aug. 2010. <www.vmri.hu...‌~acta/>. In the ACTA Veterinaria Hungarica, it has a wide variety of topics and experiments. Many authors have contributed to this journal. It includes the topics of reproduction, immunology, Infectious disease control, nutrition, parasitology etc. The journal also contains experiments of environmental stress, cultured bacteria in different animals and breeds, characterisation of new bacteria in animals etc.

 

Reuters, Thomson. Animal Reproduction.  Ed. A.C.O. Evans, G.N. Hinch, and J.E. Kinder. Journal Citation Reports, 2010. Web. 27 Aug. 2010. <www.elsevier.com‌/‌description#description>. The Animal Reproduction journal has research and reviews mostly on topics like reproduction and fertility in animals. This includes both research and applied studies. It also includes focus on animals that are useful to humans including food and fiber producing, captive, and endangered species like zoo animals, and companion/‌recreational. The journal includes the study of reproductive physiology and endocrinology, preservation and use of gametes and embryos-natural and artificial control of reproduction, reproductive cycles-pregnancy and parturition, infertility and sterility etc.

 

Small Animal Health Conditions. Seva Group, 2010. Web. 27 Aug. 2010. <www.acvs.org...>. The Animals and Society Institute contain the study of human-animal relationships. The website includes aniamls/‌human therapy where animals go the nursing homes and hospitals. The website gives a list of small animal diseases such as brachycephalic syndrome, dermoid sinus, and includes surgeries like delcawing, spay n neuters. It gives detailed descriptions on all of the above.

 

A World-Leading Animal Health Company. Merial, 2010. Web. 27 Aug. 2010. <us.merial.com>. This website consists of information on vacancies, diseases, products, breeders and news for pet, horse, livestock, and poultry owners. It contains journal entries form vets and the answers to commonly asked questions. It contains the latest news in new medicines and recovery time from different injuries.

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