TASC: For Breeders: The Cattery

• Basic Cattery Planning, from the CFA website. A discussion of the basics - space needed, cleaning, supplies, extras
• Building a Cattery, by Lou Kritz, from the 1999 CFA Yearbook
• Planning and Designing A Cattery, from the CFA website
• CFA Approved Cattery Environment Program, brief description of the CFA "Cattery of Excellence" program
• CFA Cattery Standard - Minimum Requirements, from the CFA website

• Establishing Vaccination Protocols for Catteries , by Susan Little, DVM, from the CFA website
• Breeding Methods, written for Persian breeders but some information applies to all breeds
• Establishing an Identification System: Planning for the Future of Your Cats, adapted from an article by Kerrie Meek, Cat Fanciers' Almanac, March 1996
• Dietary Copper Intake in the Queen:, Influences on Reproduction and Lack of Cuproenzyme Response - A progress report on a study funded by The Winn Feline Foundation
• Cattery Management Issues, two short articles: Failure to Thrive Kittens, and Flea Control in the Cattery
• Stud Cats, The Feline Advisory Bureau Information Sheet
• Pros and Cons of Inbreeding, by Sarah Hartwell
• Selective Breeding Only Solution to Feline Genetic Disease, by Sarah Probst, from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine

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It is up to the reader to form his or her own opinion based on experience and research.

This page was last updated on March 31, 2001.