Aki Tanaka   Beatriz Martinez-Lopez   Philip Kass   
PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE 138 79-87 2017年3月 [査読有り]
The aims of this research were to report characteristics of rescued cats at a secondary emergency animal shelter in Fukushima prefecture, Japan, and evaluate how adoptability, stress level, upper respiratory infection (URI) syndrome incidence, and...
Aki Tanaka   Philip H. Kass   Beatriz Martinez -Lopez   Shinichi Hayama   
PLOS ONE 12(3) e0174406 2017年3月 [査読有り]
The Great East Japan Earthquakes of March 11, 2011 caused immense harm to the community and subsequent nuclear accident in Fukushima Prefecture extended the damage. Local residents were forced to evacuated without pets and the left behind animals ...
Aki Tanaka   Denae C. Wagner   Philip H. Kass   Kate F. Hurley   
JAVMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 240(5) 570-576 2012年3月 [査読有り]
Objective-To identify associations among change in body weight, behavioral stress score, food intake score, and development of upper respiratory tract infection (URI) among cats admitted to an animal shelter.
Design-Prospective cohort study.
Anima...