Management Practices of Cats Owned by Faculty, Staff, and Students at Two Midwest Veterinary Schools

Table 1

Cat signalment and demographic information of the subjects.

Characteristic	OSU ()		PU ()		Total
		%		%		%
Gender
Female	33	45	28	50	61	47
Male	41	55	28	50	69	53
Breed
Nonpedigree	70	95	54	96	127	95
Other	4	5	2	4	7	5
Declawed
Yes	17	23	23	41	40	31
No	57	77	33	59	90	69
Source
Shelter/rescue	32	43	17	30	49	38
Stray/orphan	30	41	27	48	57	44
Friend	10	14	11	20	21	16
Offspring of owned cat	1	1	0	0	1	1
Gift	1	1	1	2	2	1
Breeder	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pet store	0	0	0	0	0	0

OSU = The Ohio State University; PU = Purdue University.