Short-term results and complications of prepubertal gonadectomy in cats and dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-62

  Howe, Lisa M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; DOG; FEMALE; HYSTERECTOMY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CATS; DOGS; FEMALE; HYSTERECTOMY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; POPULATION CONTROL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031179990     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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