The aim of this study was to detect changes in health-oriented welfare indicators of shelter cats housed in a shelter by means of long-term monitoring of health indicators of welfare in a population of group-housed cats in a private, no-kill shelter in the Czech Republic. The cat population housed in a large group was monitored for 1 year. The data recording took place at 2-week intervals. A total of 220 cats were evaluated using a protocol containing eight health-oriented welfare indicators: body condition, third eye visibility, eye discharge, eye irritation, nose discharge, the presence of pathologically induced respiratory sounds, coat condition, and lameness and abnormal posture. The assessment was performed based on the observation by two trained evaluators. The cats' condition was rated on a 5-point scale for each indicator, where the optimal condition was represented by the score of 1 and a severe deterioration by the score of 5 for the given indicator, except for the body condition indicator, where the optimal condition was represented by the score of 3. A deterioration in the score in at least one of the indicators during the stay in the shelter was recorded in 52 (41.6%) of 125 cats that were assessed at least twice. The effect of the LOS, sex and age on the scores for each health indicator was examined via a linear mixed model analysis, as this method allows for handling of dependencies in the data of repeated measurements. The effect of predictors on the third eye visibility scores was not found. The age of cats predicted the coat condition and body condition scores. The LOS predicted scores of the abnormal posture and lameness indicator and scores of a composite index composed of indicators related to upper respiratory tract disease. The results suggest that despite the fact that some improvement of health was documented during the cats' stay in the shelter, there were a non-negligible number of animals experiencing a permanent or long-term deterioration in health. Efforts to minimize the undesirable factors contributing to the deterioration of well-being of cats during their stay in a shelter should be made.

本研究的目的是通过长期监测私人禁杀收容所中群养猫的福利健康指标，检测收容所收容猫的健康福利指标的变化。在捷克共和国。对大组中的猫种群进行了为期 1 年的监测。数据记录每两周进行一次。使用包含八个面向健康的福利指标的协议对总共 220 只猫进行了评估：身体状况、第三只眼能见度、眼睛分泌物、眼睛刺激、鼻子分泌物、病理性呼吸音的存在、皮毛状况以及跛行和异常姿势. 评估是根据两名训练有素的评估员的观察进行的。猫的状况按每个指标的 5 分制评分，对于给定的指标，最佳状态用 1 分表示，严重恶化用 5 分表示，但身体状况指标除外，其中最佳状态用 3 分表示。在至少两次评估的 125 只猫中，有 52 只（41.6%）记录了在收容所逗留期间的至少一项指标。检查了 LOS、性别和年龄对每个健康指标得分的影响 6%) 的 125 只猫至少被评估了两次。检查了 LOS、性别和年龄对每个健康指标得分的影响 6%) 的 125 只猫至少被评估了两次。检查了 LOS、性别和年龄对每个健康指标得分的影响通过线性混合模型分析，因为这种方法允许处理重复测量数据中的相关性。未发现预测因子对第三只眼能见度评分的影响。猫的年龄预测了被毛状况和身体状况评分。LOS 预测异常姿势和跛行指标的得分以及由与上呼吸道疾病相关的指标组成的综合指数的得分。结果表明，尽管猫在收容所期间的健康状况有所改善，但仍有不可忽视的数量出现永久性或长期健康状况恶化的动物。应尽量减少导致猫在收容所逗留期间健康状况恶化的不良因素。