Sentences with phrase «risk of mammary tumors»

Female pets see even greater benefits, including the reduced risk of mammary tumors (which is the most common malignant tumor seen in female dogs), and the eliminated risk of cervical, uterine, and ovarian tumors.

However, transient diabetes, weight gain, increased risk of mammary tumors, uterine infections and liver toxicity are sometimes associated with that medication.

Dr. Maura of Victor Veterinary states, «female dogs and cats that have multiple litters in their life will not only be putting more of their reserves and energy toward nursing kittens / puppies they will also be at higher risk of mammary tumors and uterine infections later in life.»

In intact female dogs, the risk of mammary tumor development is 26 percent.

However, if a female dog is allowed to have more than one heat cycle, then the risk of mammary tumors goes up to 1 in 4.

But the more heat cycles a dog has, the greater the risk of mammary tumors.

These include decreasing the risk of mammary tumors, decreasing the risk of prostate cancer, eliminating the risk of cystic ovaries and uterine infections, eliminating the risk of testicular and ovarian cancer, helping prevent spraying and marking, reducing the desire to roam, and also decreasing the surplus of unwanted puppies and kittens.

Spaying reduces the risk of mammary tumors and eliminates the risk of pregnancy and birth, cancer of the uterus as pets grow older, and «heat» cycles (no bloody discharges or male - attracting scent).

Rather, spaying your pet before her first heat allows for a simpler surgery, easier recover for her, and reduces the risk of mammary tumors developing later on.

For females, spaying reduces the risk of uterine infection or cancer, cuts the risk of mammary tumors, and eliminates uncomfortable and inconvenient cyclical heats.

If a female dog is spayed before the first heat period, the later risk of mammary tumors is less than 1 %.

It greatly reduces the risk of mammary tumors.

In fact, the risk of mammary tumors in a female dog who is spayed before her first heat is only 0.05 percent compared to 8 percent in dogs spayed after one heat and 26 percent in dogs spayed after a second heat.

People who wait to spay their dogs until after their second heat greatly increase the risk of mammary tumors in their pets.

For female cats and dogs, spaying before the first heat cycle nearly eliminates the risk of mammary tumors.

Cats spayed before 6 months of age have a 7 - times reduced risk of developing mammary cancer and spaying at any age reduces the risk of mammary tumors by 40 % to 60 % in cats.

According to an article on the American College for Veterinary Surgeons: Cats spayed before 6 months of age have a 7 - times reduced risk of developing mammary cancer, and spaying at any age reduces the risk of mammary tumors by 40 % to 60 % in cats.