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From: jla@inuxd.UUCP (Joyce Andrews)
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Subject: Re: \"fixed\" versus \"spayed or neutered\"
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Date: Sat, 16-Nov-85 11:14:34 EST
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> >    Actually Spencer if you *really* want to be correct, try hysterectomy
> 							      ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > and castration.  
> 
> 	Actually, Tracey, if *you* want to be correct, for the female it is
> called a ``tubal ligation''.  The uterus is NOT removed; only the patency of
> the fallopian tubes is destroyed.  The proper procedure is a double ligature,
> whereby each fallopian tube is cut, with a ligature placed on each cut end.  A
> less than proper procedure used by some vets is to place metal clips on each
> fallopian tube; this is poor because the clips can loosen and, voila, kittens!

No, Larry.  A tubal ligation would not prevent the cat from
coming into heat, just like a tubal ligation does not prevent the
ovaries in a woman from dispensing female hormones.  When a cat
or dog is *SPAYED* she has a hysterectomy, removing uterus and
ovaries.  She doesn't come in heat, and she doesn't have eggs.

                     Joyce Andrews, AT&TIS, Indianapolis
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