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

Table 5

Sickness and abnormal behavior.

	OSU		PU		Total		Total %
Behavior	IF	F	IF	F	IF	F	% F
Have excessive appetite	49	25	35	21	88	46	34%
Have little appetite	71	3	54	1	125	4	3%
Vomit (hair, food, and bile)	57	17	40	16	97	33	25%
Have diarrhea	73	1	55	1	128	2	2%
Have constipation	73	0	55	1	128	1	1%
Defecate outside of litter pan	70	4	52	4	122	8	6%
Strain/frequent attempts to urinate	73	1	56	0	129	1	1%
Urinate outside of litter pan	72	2	51	5	123	7	5%
Have blood in urine	74	0	55	0	129	0	0%
Spray urine	74	0	52	4	126	4	3%
Groom excessively	69	5	53	3	122	8	6%
Have excessive hair loss	73	1	54	2	127	3	2%
Scratch themselves excessively	72	2	54	2	126	4	3%
Have discharge from the eyes	64	10	53	3	117	13	10%
Seem nervous (anxious, fearful)	57	17	44	12	101	29	22%
Seem aggressive	64	10	48	7	112	17	13%

OSU = The Ohio State University; PU = Purdue University.
IF = infrequent, once a year or less; F = frequent, monthly or more often.