Long-term risks and benefits of early-age gonadectomy in dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 380-387

  Spain, C Victor ^a,b   Scarlett, Janet M ^a   Houpt, Katherine A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; DOG; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HIP DYSPLASIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHOBIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COHORT STUDIES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0942276516     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.224.380     Document Type: Article

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