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- Researchers developed a mathematical model to control the owned cat population in Knox County, TN, focusing on biological factors and spay actions for different age groups.
- The model predicts future cat population sizes and assesses the impact of surgical sterilization interventions.
- Results indicate that targeting specific age classes in spay programs could significantly improve their effectiveness in managing the cat population.
Article Abstract
To find management strategies for controlling the owned cat population in Knox County, TN, the authors formulated a mathematical model using biological properties of such nonhuman animals and spay actions on certain age classes. They constructed this discrete-time model to predict the future owned cat population in this county and to evaluate intervention strategies to surgically sterilize some proportion of the population. Using the predicted population size and the number of surgeries for specific scenarios, they showed that focusing on specific age classes can be an effective feature in spay programs.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2016.1176923 | DOI Listing |
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