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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-11-18
pubmed:abstractText
Few controlled studies have been made of the possible mechanisms and physiological consequences of weight gain after cats have been neutered. In this study, six male and six female cats were gonadectomised and compared with five entire male and six entire female cats, before they were neutered and one and three months later. The neutered males gained significantly more weight (mean [SEM] per cent) than the entire males (30.2 [5.2] v 11.8 [2.3]) and the entire females gained 40.0 (7.3) v 16.1 (3.3) per cent, (P < 0.05). The castrated males gained more weight as fat than the sexually intact males (22.0 [3.3] v 8.8 [4.5] per cent, P < 0.05). There was a significant increase (P < 0.05) in daily food intake after neutering. Spayed females underwent a significant decrease in fasting metabolic rate (83.7 [5.5] v 67.2 [2.3] kcal/kg bodyweight0.75/day P < 0.05). Gonadectomy had minimal effects on serum thyroid hormone concentrations, the resting or fasting metabolic rates in males, or on indices of glucose tolerance.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0034-5288
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
131-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9243711-Adipose Tissue, pubmed-meshheading:9243711-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9243711-Body Composition, pubmed-meshheading:9243711-Body Water, pubmed-meshheading:9243711-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:9243711-Cats, pubmed-meshheading:9243711-Cholesterol, pubmed-meshheading:9243711-Digestion, pubmed-meshheading:9243711-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:9243711-Eating, pubmed-meshheading:9243711-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9243711-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:9243711-Glucose Tolerance Test, pubmed-meshheading:9243711-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:9243711-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9243711-Orchiectomy, pubmed-meshheading:9243711-Ovariectomy, pubmed-meshheading:9243711-Thyroid Hormones, pubmed-meshheading:9243711-Triglycerides, pubmed-meshheading:9243711-Weight Gain
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of neutering on bodyweight, metabolic rate and glucose tolerance of domestic cats.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523-1671, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't