This clear and understandable textbook provides undergraduate students in companion animal courses, cat owners, veterinarians, and pet professionals with a complete guide to feline behavior, nutrition, health, and disease, as well as valuable insight into the human-cat relationship. By the author of the Dog: Its Behavior, Nutrition, and Health.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1. Knowing the Cat within the Companion

Chapter 1. Felis silvestris to Felis catus: Domestication
Chapter 2. Selective Breeding: Cat Breeds from the Everyday to the Unusual
Chapter 3. The Cat's Perception of the World: Structure, Movement, and Special Senses
Chapter 4. Reproduction and Breeding Management
Chapter 5. Genetics: Why All Cats Are Tabbies
Chapter 6. The Human-Cat Relationship: Benefits and Responsibilities

Part 2. Behavior: Understanding the Domestic Cat

Chapter 7. Developmental Behavior: From Kitten to Adult
Chapter 8. Social Life: Communication Patterns, Social Relationships, and Territoriality
Chapter 9. How Cats Learn (or Learning to Train an Cat!)
Chapter 10. The Misbehaving Cat: Behavior Problems and Solutions

Part 3. Health and Disease: Keeping Cats Healthy and Happy

Chapter 11. Viral Diseases
Chapter 12. Bacterial, Fungal, and Protozoan Diseases
Chapter 13. Vaccination Guidelines
Chapter 14. Internal Parasites
Chapter 15. External Parasites
Chapter 16. First-Aid Procedures

Part 4. Nutrition: Feeding Cats for Health and Longevity

Chapter 17. The Cat as an Obligate Carnivore: Nutrient Requirements
Chapter 18. Providing a Healthy Diet: Cat Food Selection and Evaluation
Chapter 19. Feeding Management throughout the Life Cycle
Chapter 20. Nutritionally Responsive Diseases
Glossary
Index