Sentences with phrase «diseases than outdoor cats»

Indoor cats have less risk of exposure to diseases than outdoor cats, so they may be able to have fewer vaccinations compared to their outdoor peers.

Not exact matches

For instance, indoor cats have little risk of exposure to many diseases compared to outside cats, so they can be safe receiving fewer types of vaccinations less frequently than their outdoor peers.

Outdoor cats are generally more susceptible to disease than indoor cats, as are cats who are not vaccinated.

We recommend leukemia vaccine for all outdoor cats, as the opportunity for horizontal transmission of the disease is much higher than the likelihood of problems from the vaccine.

Without a doubt, indoor only cats have a greater chance at healthful longevity than indoor / outdoor or outdoor only cats because they are better protected from environmental hazards such as infectious disease, trauma, and toxins.

For example, indoor cats are less likely to be exposed to dangerous diseases and parasites than outdoor cats — they are also likely to be a little less active than outdoor cats.

Outdoor cats suffer a much higher incidence of injury, parasites, and disease than cats kept indoors.

For example, in a presentation on feline disease at the 2016 NAVC Veterinary Conference, Dr. Julie Levy pointed out that cats with access to the outdoors have a three times higher chance of having heartworm than cats who don't.

There, they also risk injury or death by dogs, cars, wild predators, disease, poison, and other hazards of outdoor life; even more so than clawed cats who retain their primary defenses.