Behavioural risks in female dogs with minimal lifetime exposure to gonadal hormones.

Spaying of female dogs is a widespread practice, performed primarily for population control. While the consequences of early spaying for health are still being debated, the consequences for behaviour are believed to be negligible. The current study focused on the reported behaviour of 8981 female do...

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Main Authors: Melissa Starling, Anne Fawcett, Bethany Wilson, James Serpell, Paul McGreevy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223709