Long-term outcome of gonadectomy performed at an early age or traditional age in cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 217, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1661-1665

  Howe, Lisa M ^a   Slater, Margaret R ^a   Boothe, Harry W ^a   Hobson, H Phil ^a   Fossum, Theresa W ^a   Spann, Angela C ^a   Wilkie, W Scott ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CAT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ADOPTION; AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; INTERVIEWS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0034575826     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2000.217.1661     Document Type: Article

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