Population Characteristics of Cats Adopted from an Urban Cat Shelter and the Influence of Physical Traits and Reason for Surrender on Length of Stay
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Shelter Facility
2.2. Case Selection
2.3. Data Categorization
2.4. Length of Stay
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Analysis
3.2. Influence of Variables on Length of Stay
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Category | Number of Cases (% of Total) a | Median LOS (Days) | Range-Lower | Range-Upper | IQR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | < 12 weeks | 1262 (48.8) | 39 | 2 | 561 | 42 |
≥ 12 weeks ≤ 52 weeks | 728 (28.2) | 40 | 2 | 955 | 46 | |
> 52 weeks ≤ 2 years | 394 (15.2) | 37 | 2 | 383 | 42 | |
> 2 years ≤ 7 years | 148 (5.7) | 30 | 3 | 181 | 41 | |
> 7 years < 10 years | 52 (2.0) | 18 | 5 | 199 | 30 | |
Sex | Male | 1300 (50.3) | NS | NS | NS | NS |
Female | 1284 (49.7) | |||||
Breed | Mixed breed | 2561 (99.1) | NS | NS | NS | NS |
Purebred | 23 (0.9) | |||||
Primary colour | Black | 648 (25.1) | 38 | 2 | 561 | 43 |
Red | 411 (15.9) | 36 | 2 | 298 | 41 | |
Tabby | 958 (37.1) | 38 | 2 | 331 | 42 | |
Tri-colored | 255 (9.9) | 43 | 2 | 398 | 44 | |
White | 144 (5.6) | 45 | 4 | 955 | 57 | |
Grey | 142 (5.5) | 44 | 3 | 179 | 37 | |
Other | 26 (1.0) | 38 | 9 | 192 | 54 | |
Reason for surrender | Stray | 2084 b | 43 | 2 | 955 | 46 |
Owner moving | 78 (17.5) | 19 | 5 | 181 | 31 | |
Owner deceased | 30 (6.7) | 18 | 7 | 82 | 26 | |
Human medical reason | 99 (22.2) | 34 | 6 | 131 | 29 | |
Too many pets/financial | 119 (26.7) | 35 | 6 | 101 | 36 | |
Cat behavior or medical | 27 (6.1) | 31 | 5 | 83 | 48 | |
Unwanted litter | 92 (21.7) | 18 | 5 | 88 | 26 | |
Other | 55 b | 11 | 4 | 39 | 8 |
Variable | Category | Coefficient (B) | SE | p-Value | Hazard Ratio | 95% CI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reason for surrender | Stray | 0 | – | – | 1.0 | |
Owner moving | 0.58 | 0.13 | <0.01 | 1.78 | 1.39–2.28 | |
Owner deceased | 0.98 | 0.2 | <0.01 | 2.67 | 1.81–3.93 | |
Human medical reason | 0.26 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 1.30 | 1.04–1.62 | |
Too many pets/financial | 0.38 | 0.1 | <0.01 | 1.47 | 1.22–1.77 | |
Cat behavior or medical | 0.28 | 0.2 | 0.17 | 1.32 | 0.89–1.95 | |
Unwanted litter | 0.78 | 0.11 | <0.01 | 2.19 | 1.77–2.70 | |
Other | 1.62 | 0.14 | <0.01 | 5.05 | 3.81–6.69 | |
Colour | Black | 0 | – | – | 1.0 | |
Red | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 1.11 | 0.98–1.26 | |
Tabby | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.16 | 1.07 | 0.97–1.19 | |
Tri-coloured | −0.05 | 0.07 | 0.5 | 0.95 | 0.82–1.10 | |
White | −0.33 | 0.09 | <0.01 | 0.72 | 0.6–0.86 | |
Grey | 0.1 | 0.09 | 0.31 | 1.10 | 0.92–1.32 | |
Other | −0.16 | 0.20 | 0.43 | 0.86 | 0.58–1.27 |
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Miller, H.; Ward, M.; Beatty, J.A. Population Characteristics of Cats Adopted from an Urban Cat Shelter and the Influence of Physical Traits and Reason for Surrender on Length of Stay. Animals 2019, 9, 940. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9110940
Miller H, Ward M, Beatty JA. Population Characteristics of Cats Adopted from an Urban Cat Shelter and the Influence of Physical Traits and Reason for Surrender on Length of Stay. Animals. 2019; 9(11):940. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9110940
Chicago/Turabian StyleMiller, Hannah, Michael Ward, and Julia A. Beatty. 2019. "Population Characteristics of Cats Adopted from an Urban Cat Shelter and the Influence of Physical Traits and Reason for Surrender on Length of Stay" Animals 9, no. 11: 940. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9110940
APA StyleMiller, H., Ward, M., & Beatty, J. A. (2019). Population Characteristics of Cats Adopted from an Urban Cat Shelter and the Influence of Physical Traits and Reason for Surrender on Length of Stay. Animals, 9(11), 940. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9110940