Cats Content / Cats Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en More Than Meows: How Bacteria Help Cats Communicate /curiosity/news/more-meows-how-bacteria-help-cats-communicate <p><span><span><span>Many mammals, from domestic cats and dogs to giant pandas, use scent to communicate with each other. A new study from the University of California, Davis, shows how domestic cats send signals to each other using odors derived from families of bacteria living in their anal glands. The work was published Nov. 8 in <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-45997-1">Scientific Reports</a>. </span></span></span></p> November 15, 2023 - 10:15am Andy Fell /curiosity/news/more-meows-how-bacteria-help-cats-communicate Wild and Feral Cats in Populated Areas Release More Toxoplasmosis Parasites /health/news/wild-and-feral-cats-populated-areas-release-more-toxoplasmosis-parasites More humans and temperature fluctuations may exacerbate the spread of&nbsp;T. gondii&nbsp;and other infectious diseases, a ºÙºÙÊÓƵ study found. June 21, 2023 - 1:57pm Katherine E Kerlin /health/news/wild-and-feral-cats-populated-areas-release-more-toxoplasmosis-parasites ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Researchers Study Telemedicine for Cats /health/news/uc-davis-researchers-study-telemedicine-cats ºÙºÙÊÓƵ researchers have found cats show fewer signs of stress with telemedicine or virtual veterinary appointments. January 11, 2023 - 1:27pm Amy M Quinton /health/news/uc-davis-researchers-study-telemedicine-cats ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Launches Clinical Trials to Treat a Deadly Coronavirus Disease in Cats /health/news/coronavirus-disease-cats ºÙºÙÊÓƵ researchers have launched new clinical trials to help treat a coronavirus disease in cats called feline infectious peritonitis, or FIP. August 10, 2022 - 10:15am Amy M Quinton /health/news/coronavirus-disease-cats Cats Injured in Wildfires at Risk of Deadly Blood Clots /health/news/cats-injured-wildfires-risk-deadly-blood-clots Cats injured in California wildfires are at risk of deadly blood clots, according to research from ºÙºÙÊÓƵ. July 14, 2022 - 10:30am Amy M Quinton /health/news/cats-injured-wildfires-risk-deadly-blood-clots California Budget Includes Money to Help Homeless Animals /health/news/governor-newsoms-budget-includes-money-help-californias-homeless-animals Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed budget legislation that includes $45 million in one-time support for a statewide Animal Shelter Assistance Program. July 28, 2021 - 9:00am Amy M Quinton /health/news/governor-newsoms-budget-includes-money-help-californias-homeless-animals Personalized Medicine for Cats With Heart Disease /news/personalized-medicine-cats-heart-disease <p><span><span>Veterinarians at the University of California, Davis, have found that a cat’s DNA alters how it responds to a life-saving medication used to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM, a heart disease that affects 1 in 7 cats. The <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-91372-3">study</a> was published in the Nature Portfolio journal, Scientific Reports.</span></span></p> July 06, 2021 - 10:30am Amy M Quinton /news/personalized-medicine-cats-heart-disease Feeling Anxious? Why a Cat May Be Your Purr-fect Companion /news/feeling-anxious-why-cat-may-be-your-purr-fect-companion <p>The COVID-19 pandemic may have many people feeling anxious. But if you happen to own a cat, they may be benefiting from your anxiety. A new study from researchers at the University of California, Davis, and California State University, East Bay, finds that the more neurotic and anxious cat owners are, the more trust and affection they have for their cat. The study was published in the journal Anthrozoös.</p> June 11, 2020 - 11:00am Amy M Quinton /news/feeling-anxious-why-cat-may-be-your-purr-fect-companion Are Cats the ‘Canary in the Coal Mine’ for Wildfire Effects on Human Health? /health/news/are-cats-canary-coal-mine-wildfire-effects-human-health Cats who suffered burns and smoke inhalation in California wildfires had a high incidence of heart problems. February 26, 2020 - 9:00am dmhoang /health/news/are-cats-canary-coal-mine-wildfire-effects-human-health Microbes Make Chemicals for Scent Marking in a Cat /curiosity/news/microbes-make-chemicals-scent-marking-in-cat <p>Domestic cats, like many other mammals, use smelly secretions from anal sacs to mark territory and communicate with other animals. A new study from the Genome Center at the University of California, Davis, shows that many odiferous compounds from a male cat are actually made not by the cat, but by a community of bacteria living in the anal sacs. The work is published Sept. 13 in <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216846"><em>PLOS ONE</em></a>.&nbsp;</p> September 13, 2019 - 4:06pm Andy Fell /curiosity/news/microbes-make-chemicals-scent-marking-in-cat