Love Your Cat, So They'll Healthy

Queensland - Wiping stroked the cat and invite them to play is not only fun to do in free time. However, there is scientific evidence that the activity was keeping a cat healthy. The implication is really great for the cat. It has been proven scientifically, that loves cats can make them healthier.

In a study published this month in the journal Preventive Veterinary Medicine, conducted a study of 96 cats. The cats were divided into two groups. One group received a positive interaction with one person for 10 minutes, four times, for 10 days. This interaction, which includes stroke-ngelus cats, brushing his fur, and play with them, called 'gentling'.

Meanwhile, other cats called the control group put in a cage, with a researcher standing in front of him. With eyes diverted, in the same duration.

The whole cat

who becomes the object of research are healthy and happy, at the beginning of the study. At the time the study is completed, the cats were treated gently otherwise healthy, whereas, the control group cats in poor health.

A total of 17 cats from the control group to develop an upper respiratory disorder, compared with 9 cats were treated with gentling.

Nadine Gourkow animal welfare consultant, one of the two researchers who conducted the study, said in the Huffington Post that he found "a strong association between positive emotions triggered by gentling and good health '.

This is because, happiness in cats stimulate the production of antibodies, which help fight upper respiratory disorders.

"We learned that domestic cats are very responsive to treatment of human kind," said Clive J. C. Phillips, professor of animal welfare at the University of Queensland, and another study author.

Both plan to continue this research. Next are studies looking at the shape of the most effective methods genling --Gourkow will also launch sites that help shelter cats.

Phillips assumes that the same effects will also occur on other pets. Like dogs, which are often affected by respiratory illness while at the shelter. He also believes that it is equally important for animals both at home and in shelters.