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Declawing – Annotated Reference List
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Declawing – Annotated Reference List

Cat Behavior, Cat Health, Declawing

Declawing – Annotated Reference List

Updated June 30, 2026. New references will be added as they become available. Ansah OB, Vainio O, Hellsten C, et al. Postoperative pain control in cats: clinical trials with medetomidine and butorphanol. Vet Surg 2002;31:99-103. Medetomidine and butorphanol provided equivalent pain relief up to 2 hours. Atwood-Harvey D. Death or declaw: dealing with moral ambiguity in a veterinary hospital. Soc Anim. 2005;13(4):315-42. Discussed strategies used by clinic staff to cope with declawing, whatever their feelings about it. Bamberger M, Houpt KA. Signalment factors, comorbidity, and trends in behavior diagnoses in ...

Jean Hofve DVM2026-06-30T22:09:07-07:00August 2nd, 2011|

Studies Pertaining to Declawing (Annotated)
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Studies Pertaining to Declawing (Annotated)

Cat Behavior, Cat Health, Declawing

Studies Pertaining to Declawing (Annotated)

Updated 7/3/26. Greatly expanded from Patronek, Studies Pertaining to Onychectomy, 2001. There were only 20 studies in the original table. There are more than 100 studies today. Click here to download the current PDF Below is an older version of this chart. If anyone knows how to get WordPress to properly upload a large Excel file, let me know! Additional studies not cited in the original noted in color; additions and comments by Jean Hofve, DVM Study No. Cats Time Relevant Outcomes Description of Study, Sample and Major Findings ...

Jean Hofve DVM2026-08-08T07:53:21-07:00August 2nd, 2011|

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