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Introduction One of the most common surgical procedures we perform at the Long Beach Animal Hospital in southern California is a cat spay, known medically as an ovariohysterectomy (removal of the ovaries and uterus). What is ovariohysterectomy spaying in cats? This is a surgery where the ovaries and uterus are removed from a cat. Benefits of having your cat spayed It prevents cats from going into heat. It prevents cats from getting pregnant. It significantly helps prevent cats from getting breast cancer later in life. It prevents cats from getting uterine infections later in life. We have pictures at the

Hyperthyroidism (thyrotoxicosis) is a common hormone disease of older cats (it's rare in dogs) that we have diagnosed with increased frequency in recent years. It is almost always caused by a benign tumor of the thyroid gland that increases the amount of thyroxine (the hormone secreted by the thyroid gland) into the bloodstream. This increase in thyroxine causes an increase in the overall metabolism of the body, leading to problems for several internal organs. Even though this disease can be diagnosed in young cats, most cats that get this problem are older. Cats 8 years of age or older should be

Introduction When the neck of the femur is fractured it needs surgical repair. The fracture is almost always from trauma in the cat. The normal head and neck of the femur are circled in this model. This page will show you how we remove the head when the neck is fractured.  A fractured neck of the femur is the same problem seen in elderly people when they fall and break a hip. Technically, it is not the hip that is fractured, it is the head of the femur. What is FHO Surgery in Cats? In the Femoral Head Ostectomy (FHO) the