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Originally Posted by tranquility  Can anyone refute the claims in the link that was presented, which states that it is better NOT to neuter (but ok to spay)? |
Well, if that's the same NAIA article that Kimbertalkls is quoting ad nauseum over on the breeder thread, they are just that--
claims,
not conclusions.
(I'm having browser/computer issues and that pdf is locking up my computer, so I can't take a look at it right now.)
It's a lit review and not even a very well-done one.
It's poor science. There aren't any parameters, no statistical analysis to show any significant links, and again, it's a lit review--there is no possible way to draw any real conclusions from that as opposed to controlled studies.
I'm kinda shocked that I've seen several comments that vets are profit-motivated to spay/neuter.
I used to work for a vet. Believe me, there is much more money to be made other ways, with a far larger profit margin.
Think of all the litter exams a vet could do, all the repeat business from the new owners of those puppies/kittens.
Or--think of all the quick euth fees from putting down all the unwanted puppies, kittens, and adult animals in this country every single day.
Believe me, most vets price their spays/neuters with very little profit margin or even none--because THEY see the consequences of pet overpopulation, every day.
And--it truly only takes sitting in on one pyometra surgery to never ever forget that smell. It's a smell that will convert you to evangelical shouting to get folks to spay!