by Nancy Kay, DVM
on 03/20/2011
In January I wrote a piece called, “A Different Way to Spay” (http://speakingforspot.com/blog/?p=1931) describing two techniques for performing spay surgeries. The method widely embraced in the United States is ovariohysterectomy (OVH) in which both ovaries as well as the uterus are removed. The second way to spay- popular in many other countries- is ovariectomy (OVE) in which only the ovaries are removed and the uterus is left behind.
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