Methods of oestrus prevention in dogs and cats: a survey of Turkish veterinarian's practices and beliefs

Three-hundred and two private practitioners working in Istanbul, Ankara and Bursa and 35 faculty members of veterinary medical schools of Istanbul, Ankara and Uludag (Bursa) were surveyed by a face-to-face interview to investigate the attitudes of Turkish veterinarians towards the methods used for o...

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Autores principales:	Sontas,BH, Kaysigiz,F, Ekici,H
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Austral de Chile 2012
Materias:	dog cat reproduction contraception spaying progesterone
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0301-732X20120002000092013-11-06Methods of oestrus prevention in dogs and cats: a survey of Turkish veterinarian's practices and beliefsSontas,BHKaysigiz,FEkici,H dog cat reproduction contraception spaying progesterone Three-hundred and two private practitioners working in Istanbul, Ankara and Bursa and 35 faculty members of veterinary medical schools of Istanbul, Ankara and Uludag (Bursa) were surveyed by a face-to-face interview to investigate the attitudes of Turkish veterinarians towards the methods used for oestrus prevention in dogs and cats, surgical techniques for sterilization, the age at which animals were spayed and the suture materials used in surgeries. Most of the veterinarians (60.4%) favored surgical contraception in dogs and cats and ovariohysterectomy was determined to be the most common surgical technique (97%). In dogs, compared with the specialists, practitioners performed surgical sterilization after one year of age (P < 0.001). However, in cats, compared with practitioners, specialists preferred to perform the surgery after one year of age (9.8% vs. 25.9%). For surgical sterilization, ventral midline approach was more common in dogs (85%) whereas in cats flank approach was preferred (65%). Medroxyprogesterone acetate was the primary drug of choice for medical contraception (68.8%) and 24% of the veterinarians considered using non-veterinary licensed drugs for the prevention of oestrus in dogs and cats.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFacultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Austral de ChileArchivos de medicina veterinaria v.44 n.2 20122012-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0301-732X2012000200009en10.4067/S0301-732X2012000200009
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spellingShingle	dog cat reproduction contraception spaying progesterone Sontas,BH Kaysigiz,F Ekici,H Methods of oestrus prevention in dogs and cats: a survey of Turkish veterinarian's practices and beliefs
description	Three-hundred and two private practitioners working in Istanbul, Ankara and Bursa and 35 faculty members of veterinary medical schools of Istanbul, Ankara and Uludag (Bursa) were surveyed by a face-to-face interview to investigate the attitudes of Turkish veterinarians towards the methods used for oestrus prevention in dogs and cats, surgical techniques for sterilization, the age at which animals were spayed and the suture materials used in surgeries. Most of the veterinarians (60.4%) favored surgical contraception in dogs and cats and ovariohysterectomy was determined to be the most common surgical technique (97%). In dogs, compared with the specialists, practitioners performed surgical sterilization after one year of age (P < 0.001). However, in cats, compared with practitioners, specialists preferred to perform the surgery after one year of age (9.8% vs. 25.9%). For surgical sterilization, ventral midline approach was more common in dogs (85%) whereas in cats flank approach was preferred (65%). Medroxyprogesterone acetate was the primary drug of choice for medical contraception (68.8%) and 24% of the veterinarians considered using non-veterinary licensed drugs for the prevention of oestrus in dogs and cats.
author	Sontas,BH Kaysigiz,F Ekici,H
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title	Methods of oestrus prevention in dogs and cats: a survey of Turkish veterinarian's practices and beliefs
title_short	Methods of oestrus prevention in dogs and cats: a survey of Turkish veterinarian's practices and beliefs
title_full	Methods of oestrus prevention in dogs and cats: a survey of Turkish veterinarian's practices and beliefs
title_fullStr	Methods of oestrus prevention in dogs and cats: a survey of Turkish veterinarian's practices and beliefs
title_full_unstemmed	Methods of oestrus prevention in dogs and cats: a survey of Turkish veterinarian's practices and beliefs
title_sort	methods of oestrus prevention in dogs and cats: a survey of turkish veterinarian's practices and beliefs
publisher	Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Austral de Chile
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Methods of oestrus prevention in dogs and cats: a survey of Turkish veterinarian's practices and beliefs

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