Sentences with phrase «intact dogs compared»

Although not significantly so, mitral valve dysplasia and portosystemic shunt had relatively high prevalence in intact dogs compared to the prevalence seen for all other conditions.

Not exact matches

A retrospective study of cardiac tumors in dogs showed that there was a 5 times greater risk of hemangiosarcoma, one of the three most common cancers in dogs, in spayed bitches than intact bitches and a 2.4 times greater risk of hemangiosarcoma in neutered dogs as compared to intact males.

(15) Finally, the AKC - CHF report demonstrated a higher incidence of adverse reactions to vaccines in neutered dogs as compared to intact.

Comparing female dogs binned into the categories of «intact» versus «spayed» introduces a methodological bias that might lead one to conclude that ovaries adversely influence longevity, i.e. ovary removal promotes longevity.

This needs to be compared to the risk of testicular cancer in intact dogs.

The disease rates for all five diseases were significantly higher in both males and females that were neutered either early or late, compared with that of sexually intact dogs.

An examination of health records of 759 Golden Retrievers by researchers with the University of California - Davis discovered significantly higher incidents of hip dysplasia, cranial cruciate ligament tears, lymphosarcomas, hemangiosarcomas, and mast cell tumors among neutered dogs, compared with sexually intact dogs.

The study revealed that, for all five diseases analyzed, the disease rates were significantly higher in both males and females that were neutered either early or late compared with intact (non-neutered) dogs.

Finally, studies in dogs with transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder or prostate have also revealed an increased incidence in neutered dogs as compared to intact male dogs (Norris AM et al..

Ru et al. (Ep Sante Anim 1997 and Vet J 1998) first reported an increase in the risk of the bone cancer osteosarcoma in neutered as compared to intact dogs.

In addition, there is increasing evidence that neutered dogs and bitches are at increased risk for hypothyroidism (Panciera DL, 1994; Glickman et al., 1998 - 1999), as compared to intact animals.

In addition, neutered dogs are much less likely to roam, get into fights, and bite people compared to intact dogs.

Dogs that underwent early elective gonadectomy had a one in four lifetime risk of bone sarcoma development compared with a significantly reduced risk among dogs that were sexually intact throughout their lifetDogs that underwent early elective gonadectomy had a one in four lifetime risk of bone sarcoma development compared with a significantly reduced risk among dogs that were sexually intact throughout their lifetdogs that were sexually intact throughout their lifetime.

According to the chart, neutered pets have 2 - 4 times greater risk of developing these cancers compared to intact dogs.

The chart below shows the relative risk of breast cancer compared to intact dogs:

Growth plate closure was delayed (group I vs group III; P less than 0.000001; group II vs group III, P less than 0.000001) in all neutered dogs, as compared with sexually intact dogs.

Past studies have reported a 17 percent increase among all neutered dogs compared to all intact dogs.

The study revealed that for all five diseases, the rates were significantly higher in both males and females that were neutered or spayed (before or after one year of age) compared with intact dogs.

However, in this cohort, there was no statistically significant difference in the overall cancer incidence rate in male or female dogs that underwent early gonadectomy before 1 year of age compared with sexually intact dogs (data not shown).

A more recent publication from U.C. Davis (de la Riva, Hart et al, 2013) looked at two joint disorders and three cancers — hip dysplasia, cranial cruciate ligament tear, lymphosarcoma, hemangiosarcoma and mast cell tumor — and showed that, for all five diseases analyzed, the disease rates were significantly higher in both males and females that were neutered either early or late compared with intact (non-neutered) dogs.

The BCSs were compared between neutered dogs with and without joint disorders for the disorders that were significantly increased in incidence over that of intact dogs and for just the neuter periods where there were such differences.

According to Peter Marsh, on average, each intact dog cared for by animal control costs taxpayers about $ 35 in animal - control expenses, compared to about $ 12 for a sterilized dog.

After adjusting for differences between the spay groups with regard to age, histologic differentiation, and vascular invasion, SPAY 1 dogs survived 45 % longer compared to dogs that were either intact or in the SPAY 2 group (RR =.55; 95 % CI.32 -.93; P =.03).

Statistics show that neutered dogs were 27 percent more likely to react to those yearly shots compared to intact males.

We found that sterilized individuals, especially females, had less TC compared to intact dogs in a pooled analysis of all breeds.