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Why you may not want to spay/neuter
An interesting retrospective study done on Golden Retrievers at the UC Davis vet school. It looks at the effects of early neuter, late neuter and keeping a dog intact and the affects it has on hip dysplasia, ccl injury, and several different kinds of cancers: lymphoma, hemangiosarcoma and mast cell tumors.
By in large, un-neutered animals seem to be healthier.
http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_...lasso?id=10498
Kathleen
"Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you're not, in fact, just surrounded by a**holes" -William Gibson
Thanks for posting this. My male just turned 5 and I was thinking of neutering him because he started having seizures in October and I don't want to breed him but I was worried about health risks from having him fixed. I think I'll keep him intact.
HRCH Dallys Wild Willow SH Born 11-06-97 Left Us 1-30-12 will always be in my thoughts RIP Willow
Doubling of hip dysphasia for males neutered early, that's will make you think twice.
Interesting, and seems similar to the NAIA statistics. I wonder what they mean by "late" neutering though?
Pam
Sunshine Joliet Jake, "Jake," SH, WDX, RN, CGC
Roughwater Stacked & Packed, "Babe" JH, RN
not to mention the mast cell tumor increase.
by late neutering i think the article said that was neutering after 12 months of age.
From the abstract: "There were no cases of MCT in intact females, but the occurrence was nearly 6 percent in late-neutered females."Originally Posted by chesaka
And late neuter does mean after 12 months.
Kathleen
"Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you're not, in fact, just surrounded by a**holes" -William Gibson
Wieghed against the risk of pyometra, if you aren't breeding spay your girls.
Bert Rodgers
Well, maybe in their study, but I lost an intact female to mast cell tumors. Nasty disease.
When doing an elective procedure such as a spay or neuter, I believe we need to be able to make informed decisions. This is just another piece of information that can help us with that.
With that said, I just spayed my 8 year old bitch after her last litter for that very reason, I don't want to deal with a pyometra.
Kathleen
"Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you're not, in fact, just surrounded by a**holes" -William Gibson
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