Griffith C A, Steigerwald E S, Buffington C A
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1089, USA.
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2000 Oct 15;217(8):1154-6. doi: 10.2460/javma.2000.217.1154.
TO evaluate the effects of a synthetic feline facial pheromone (FFP) on behavior and food intake of healthy versus clinically ill cats.
Original study.
20 cats were used in each of 2 studies. In each study, 7 cats were considered healthy, and 13 cats were determined to be clinically ill.
In study 1, cats were assigned either to exposure to FFP (treated group; 4 healthy, 6 ill cats) or to exposure to the vehicle (70% ethanol solution; control group; 3 healthy, 7 ill cats). Cats were placed in a cage containing a small cotton towel that had been sprayed with FFP or vehicle 30 minutes previously. Cats were then videotaped for 125 minutes, and food intake was measured during this period. Videotapes were scored at 5-minute intervals for various behaviors. In study 2, cats were categorized in 1 of 2 groups; group 1 (2 healthy, 8 ill cats) had a cat carrier placed in their cages, and group 2 (5 healthy, 5 ill cats) did not. All cats were exposed to FFP, and 24-hour food intake was measured.
Differences between behaviors of healthy versus clinically ill cats were not identified. In the first study, significant increases in grooming and interest in food were found in cats exposed to FFP compared with vehicle. For all cats, significant positive correlations were detected between grooming and facial rubbing, walking and facial rubbing, interest in food and facial rubbing, eating and facial rubbing, grooming and interest in food, and grooming and eating. In the second study, 24-hour food intake was significantly greater in cats exposed to FFP and the cat carrier, compared with cats exposed to FFP alone.
Results suggest that exposure to FFP may be useful to increase food intake of hospitalized cats.
评估合成猫面部信息素（FFP）对健康猫和临床患病猫行为及食物摄入量的影响。
原创性研究。
两项研究各使用20只猫。每项研究中，7只猫被视为健康，13只猫被判定为临床患病。
在研究1中，猫被分为两组，一组暴露于FFP（治疗组；4只健康猫，6只患病猫），另一组暴露于赋形剂（70%乙醇溶液；对照组；3只健康猫，7只患病猫）。将猫放入一个装有小毛巾的笼子里，小毛巾在30分钟前已喷洒过FFP或赋形剂。然后对猫进行125分钟的录像，并在此期间测量食物摄入量。录像带每隔5分钟对各种行为进行评分。在研究2中，猫被分为两组中的一组；第1组（2只健康猫，8只患病猫）的笼子里放置了猫笼，第2组（5只健康猫，5只患病猫）则没有。所有猫都暴露于FFP，并测量24小时食物摄入量。
未发现健康猫和临床患病猫行为之间的差异。在第一项研究中，与赋形剂相比，暴露于FFP的猫梳理毛发和对食物的兴趣显著增加。对于所有猫，在梳理毛发与面部摩擦、行走与面部摩擦、对食物的兴趣与面部摩擦、进食与面部摩擦、梳理毛发与对食物的兴趣以及梳理毛发与进食之间均检测到显著正相关。在第二项研究中，与仅暴露于FFP的猫相比，暴露于FFP和猫笼的猫24小时食物摄入量显著更高。
结果表明，暴露于FFP可能有助于增加住院猫的食物摄入量。
