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

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 372-379

  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

ABSCESS; AGE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; GONADECTOMY; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

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

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0942276762     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.224.372     Document Type: Article

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