Determining the Optimal Age for Gonadectomy of Dogs and Cats

Overview

Journal J Am Vet Med Assoc

Specialty Veterinary Medicine

Date 2007 Dec 7

PMID 18052800

Citations 42

Authors

Margaret V Root Kustritz

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Abstract

Elective gonadectomy of dogs and cats is one of the most common veterinary procedures in the United States. Increasingly, dog owners and members of the veterinary profession throughout the world have questioned the optimal age for performance of these procedures and whether these procedure should even be performed as elective surgeries.

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