The effect of a hiding box on stress levels and body weight in Dutch shelter cats; a randomized controlled trial

W. J. R. van der Leij; L. D. A. M. Selman; J. C. M. Vernooij; C. M. Vinke

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0223492

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The effect of a hiding box on stress levels and body weight in Dutch shelter cats; a randomized controlled trial

W. J. R. van der Leij ,

Contributed equally to this work with: W. J. R. van der Leij, L. D. A. M. Selman

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: W.J.R.vanderleij@uu.nl

Current address: Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Shelter Medicine Programme, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0164-8007

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L. D. A. M. Selman ,

Contributed equally to this work with: W. J. R. van der Leij, L. D. A. M. Selman

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Department of Animals in Science and Society, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9099-1527

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J. C. M. Vernooij,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Affiliation Department of Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2646-9216

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C. M. Vinke

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Animals in Science and Society, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Affiliation Department of Animals in Science and Society, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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The effect of a hiding box on stress levels and body weight in Dutch shelter cats; a randomized controlled trial

W. J. R. van der Leij,
L. D. A. M. Selman,
J. C. M. Vernooij,
C. M. Vinke

Published: October 14, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223492

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