Sentences with phrase «programme of population control»

Two colonies of urban feral cats were subjected to a programme of population control by trapping, neutering and returning to site.

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Its problems have not gone away, and the population is now inbred, but a combination of measures including a captive breeding programme, habitat restoration and predator control are building up numbers.

For total control it is probably advisable to initiate a programme using both types of product, particularly if you have a dog which is hypersensitive to flea bites, i.e. an integrated control strategy should be adopted — just killing the adult flea population by treating the dog will not resolve the problem.

According to the society, which is the veterinary division of the charity International Cat Care, culling to control cat populations is also rarely effective or acceptable, whereas trap — neuter — return programmes and rehoming (in appropriate cases) can offer effective and humane solutions, but need to be properly managed and targeted.

Group parenting programmes have been shown to have a positive impact on the mental health of children and parents in the short term.9 — 12 Positive results have been obtained from randomised controlled trials and other studies with parents of children with clinically defined behaviour disorders, 9,13,14 children at high risk of behaviour problems, 9,15 and to a lesser extent with normal populations.16, 17 They have also been obtained in trials of interventions for parents and children of different ages.18, 19 The number of trials carried out in the UK is small.13, 15,20,21 A recent systematic review concluded that these programmes are effective in the long term, 12 but most of the trials on which this review was based used a waiting list control design, and as a result outcome data are not reported on the control groups beyond 6 months.

Participants Inclusion criteria are: (1) randomised controlled trials of structured, psychosocial interventions offered to a universal population of parents with infants 0 — 12 months old in western OECD countries, (2) interventions that include a minimum of 3 sessions with at least half of the sessions delivered postnatally and (3) programme outcomes reported for child development or parent — child relationship.