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ra0003s011 | Symposium 3: Risks and opportunities in wildlife reproduction | SRF2016

Contraception in domestic animals

von Heimendahl Angelika

Domestic dogs and cats, whether feral or owned, cause the death of millions of wildlife animals every year either by hunting and killing or through disease transmission. The reproductive rates of both species are very high and the current approach of surgical sterilization is too slow and ineffective to have a significant impact on feral cat and dog numbers. The ideal product would be a single dose injectable that causes permanent sterility for cats and dogs of both sexes and ...