Sentences with phrase «first estrus»

Cats can become pregnant on their very first estrus cycle, increasing the chance that an accidental breeding may occur.

Spaying before first estrus (heat) is no longer recommended by many veterinarians.

The littler canines typically go through first estrus around 6 months of age.

First estrus generally occurs when an unspayed female dog is between six and 24 months old.

Your puppy's first estrus typically occurs between 6 and 24 months of age.

Generally speaking, most Greyhounds» first estrus cycle occurs later in life than non-Greyhound dogs, occurring near or after 12 months of age.

She watched young males grow up and leave their families, young females enter their first estrus (the period of sexual receptivity) and elders in their 50s wander off to die.

If you do not plan to breed your dog, spaying should take place before puberty and the first estrus.

Veterinarians claim allowing a female to go through their first estrus as puppies is best prior to spaying.

When a female dog enters puberty, she begins her first estrus cycle.

Margaret Root Kustritz, veterinarian and professor at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, notes that, on average, first estrus begins in female puppies between 10 and 12 months.

Normally, it's performed before your dog's first estrus, at about six months of age.

Although the onset of puberty varies from breed to breed, pet parents can expect their female dog to experience her first estrus around 6 months old.

Ovariectomy before the first estrus reduces the risk of mammary neoplasia to 0.5 % of the risk in intact bitches; ovariectomy after one estrus reduces the risk to 8 % of that in intact bitches.

The incidence of mammary tumors is between eight and twenty six percent when dogs are spayed after the first estrus.

If the animal is spayed before the first estrus cycle, the chances of mammary cancer are greatly reduced.

The first estrus cycle usually occurs by age 6 to 12 months; for some cats as early as 4 months of age, for others not until age 12 months or so.

Most veterinarians recommend that females be spayed before their first estrus or «heat» period to maximize the procedure's cancer - sparing benefits.

Once she goes into her first estrus or heat cycle, she'll remain in heat for 21 to 30 days, according to the University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

The first estrus cycle usually occurs by age 6 - 12 months; for some small breeds, as early as 5 months, and for some large and giant breeds, the first cycle may not occur until 14 months of age or older.

The best way to prevent your cat from becoming pregnant is to have her surgically sterilized (an ovariohysterectomy or «spay» operation) before she has her first estrus cycle.

Spaying before the dog experiences her first estrus cycle has 3 benefits: it eliminates the risk of unplanned pregnancy and helps control the problem of dog overpopulation; it eliminates any possibility of uterine disease; and it virtually eliminates any chance of developing breast cancer.

Cats will have their first estrus cycle, or «heat» when they reach puberty.

Watch for signs that your puppy is about to have her first estrus.

If your puppy is showing signs she's about to have her first estrus, you can increase her comfort and help her through this change.

Females have their first estrus cycle after their six month birthday, but this varies from dog to dog.

Some females will start to become more surly with other dogs as their body preps for their first estrus cycle, and males will start to test your authority or exhibit dominant behaviors.

Ideally, you should have your female spayed before her first estrus cycle, so a spay is generally done when they're six months.

The bitch experiences her first estrus between six and 18 months of age, with size and breed variations.

If a dog is spayed before her first estrus (heat cycle), veterinarians just don't see breast tumors.

Large - breed female dogs are more prone to mammary cancer, so spaying prior to first estrus (usually by 12 months) is a good option.

Similarly, the risk of breast (mammary) cancer in females decreases significantly when females are spayed prior to their first estrus cycle.

However, it's impossible to determine an exact date by which you can ensure your pet gets the greatest benefit of preventing the first estrus cycle; in one cat it may be four months, in another it's five or even six.

Essentially, these studies indicate that altering a pet before their first estrus, or «heat» cycle, virtually prevents what is otherwise the most common type of cancer in both dogs and cats, mammary cancer.

There is rarely a reason to delay spaying a cat or dog to an age which allows the animal to be intact past the time of the first estrus cycle.»

First, there are significant health benefits to avoiding a first estrus or «heat» cycle.

Dr. Terry Yunker, a veterinarian who provides over 13,000 low - income sterilizations a year, said, «The health benefits of preventing the first estrus have been known for years - this isn't something new.

An uneducated client may delay having the pet sterilized until after her first estrus, substantially in creasing the risk of the pet developing mammary gland cancer later in life and increasing the likelihood of problem behaviors as well.

It is well known that sterilizing a female dog before her first estrus virtually eliminates the risk of mammary cancer and more recent research has revealed that compared with its incidence in sexually intact cats, cats spayed before their first heat cycle have a 91 % reduced risk of developing mammary gland cancer.