Elective ovariohysterectomy or castration can proceed in shelter dogs despite mild to moderate presurgical leukocytosis.
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DOI: 10.2460/javma.21.10.0455
Abstract: OBJECTIVE To determine whether shelter dogs presenting for elective ovariohysterectomy or castration have leukocytosis, whether leukocytes are associated with age and infection, and whether leukocytosis precludes progression to surgery. ANIMALS 138 dogs (from 13 regional… read more here.
Keywords: elective ovariohysterectomy; leukocytosis; age; shelter dogs ... See more keywords