This is a wonderful article from AVMA Health News!!!! Does Sterilization Lead to a Longer Life? Many dog owners have their pets spayed or neutered to help control the pet population, but new research from the University of Georgia suggests the procedures could lengthen pet lives and alter the risk of specific causes of death. The researchers found that sterilized dogs lived about 1.5 years longer than intact dogs. They also found that the causes of death differed between those dogs that were sterilized and those that were not. The findings are valuable not only for learning about dogs, but also for studying reproductive effects in humans, researchers say.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:21:12 +0000
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