TY  - THES
TY  - BOOK
T1  - Comparing ovariohysterectomy versus ovariectomy in surgical procedure to neuter female rabbits
A1  - Tan, Janice Hsing June
LA  - English
UL  - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/441232
AB  - With the growing popularity of rabbits as pets in Malaysia, there is a need to control their population through spaying.  Two methods of spaying are ovariohysterectomy  (OHE) and ovariectomy (OVE).  Currently, no studies have been conducted to investigate of these two techniques of spaying rabbits.  This study was a prospective experimental design which was conducted to compare the short term benefits between the two procedures but was limited to comparisons made during surgical procedure (estimated blood loss and occurrence of complications), cost, duration of surgery, post-operative behavioural pain and post-operative physiological pain. The objective of the study was to identify the best method that would benefit four parties, namely the animal, pet owner, veterinarian and researcher by providing information regarding both surgical techniques.  Ten New Zealand White rabbits of which all were 6 months old, weighing between 2.0 kg to 2.5 kg were randomly subjected in two groups, OHE and OVE with 5 animals each group.  Results revealed 1 out of the 5 subjects in OHE group had complications while none occurred in the OVE group.  Mean estimated blood loss in OHE group was 1.75 time higher than that in the OVE group.  On the other hand, mean duration of surgery and mean total coasts in the OHE group were 1.15 times higher than the OVE group.  However, statistically, there were no significant differences in these four parameters measured.  In addition, the post-operative behavioural pain and necessity to add analgesia 21 hours post-surgery also showed no significant disparity between the two groups.  Meanwhile, physiological pain by measurement of serum cortisol level 20 hours post-operatively from the baseline showed that the increase in the OHE group was 2.62 times higher than the OVE group.  Decrease in body weight post-operation for 7 days in OHE group was also more significant when compared to the OVE group. Hence, from this study, it can be concluded that OHE is better than OVE in terms of short term advantages.
CN  - FPV 2013 48
ER  -