12/29/21

Surgical neutering of the male dog

Surgical neutering of the male dog

 Surgical neutering of the male dog is important in helping the dog owners to control the male dog’s aggressive behavior. Yes. By doing the surgical neutering, it becomes possible to control the dog’s restlessness, which might have caused so much agony for the owner, and hence, neutering corrects such activity to the benefit of the dog owner.

When the dog is in the puppy stage, the dog may be subjected to the surgical neutering technique. Hence, the hormonal impact is highly minimized in such male dogs. 


 The surgical neutering of the male dog helps to prevent the incidences of prostate gland diseases. Generally, in the case of male dogs, prostate enlargement is more common. In canine patients undergoing surgical neutering, the incidences of such prostate enlargement are minimized.  


 Sometimes, the adult male dog has more difficulties during defecation. However, one has to rule out feed-borne constipation like lack of fibers, etc. before resorting to the fixation of prostate enlargement as a cause for this. Constipation is mainly due to the increased size of the prostate gland. Neutering makes shrinkage of the prostate gland. In surgical neutering, the incision is placed in front of the scrotum and the testicles are removed in a surgical manner using aseptic techniques. 


 The wound need not be closed except the tying up of the cord after cutting off the testicle. However, in two to three days, as a routine tissue reaction, some swelling may occur in the scrotum. However, once you administer the antibiotic that has a broader spectrum of activities, the condition gets recovered in a satisfactory condition. Septic shock may occur if the surgical site gets infected with some microbial infections and in these cases, the wound needs a thorough dressing procedure and the patient needs to be continuously monitored in a clinical environment. 


 Take note that local animal organizations perform surgical neutering when stray male dogs are captured by them.   


0 Share your opinion with us

Post a Comment

Topics that may interest you: