Assessing the safety and suitability of using silver vine as an olfactory enrichment for cats

Summary: Olfactory enrichment is a strategy that can improve welfare among animals managed in captivity, such as household domestic cats. Catnip (Nepeta cataria) and silver vine (Actinidia polygama) that produce iridoids are used as olfactory enrichments for cats, but little is known about the safet...

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Main Authors: Reiko Uenoyama, Sae Ooka, Tamako Miyazaki, Hiroki Mizumoto, Toshio Nishikawa, Jane L. Hurst, Masao Miyazaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-10-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223019259