chemical castration

[skyeboxer]

Hmmm ... wasn't sure whether this should have gone into the Health threads or here for a general discussion. Perhaps a kindly mod could be bribed to move it to Health if they think it fits better there?

Anybody know anything about delmadinone or neutrosal (sp) or any other cc treatments? Anyone chosen to go that route rather than deballicate?

I have been looking round the web about this today. If it is a non-invasive, effective treatment then I'd like to be able to inform visitors on my site about the option.

Is chemical castration even offered as an alternative in your country?

I imagine those who are squeemish about unmanning their dogs would be less opposed if they knew about this. I am getting a lot of conflicting articles though. it seems production of Neutrosal stopped in 2005 but plans were in hand to reintroduce it? I can't find a clear answer.

 

[oc_spirit]

Personally, I would not inject my dog with something that makes him sterile. Who knows what other stuff it might do to him!

 

[skyeboxer]

Well yes, that is a good point. That is why I want to know if anyone has any experience with this. I certainly do not want to talk about it as an option if it is known to have any detrimental effects or at the very least i should mention what those side effects might be. I just can't seem to get a definitive answer from the net. I'll ask Skye's vet about it when I take her back next week but as far as I know it is not offered here. I wonder why not?

 

[Boemy]

Isn't chemical castration non-permanent and you have to continue getting the shots? That would be a major drawback to using it with the general (not that dog-savvy) public. It's already hard to get them to go in to get a dog neutered ONCE after the animal shelter hands them a FREE VOUCHER.

Where do they inject the stuff? Into the testicles, or some other area? If it's into the testicles . . . I think getting neutered once would be less stressful to a dog than repeatedly having needles jabbed into his balls. JMO!

 

[skyeboxer]

Apparently an Australian company is bringing another chemical castration treatment - Suprelorin - to Europe by the second half of 2007.

Boemy I found references to different drugs. Some are effective for only 3 to 4 weeks! But the AVMA is searching for a one time permanent solution:

http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/jan07/070115a.asp

Neutrosal and Tardak are injected straight into the balls and side effects can include swelling and irritation. There is another system where a treatment dosage is injected between the shoulder blades and is slow release. I think that one is effective for six months.

Other things concern me too. I can't find out why exactly Neutrosol was withdrawn from the market. It seems not to have been related to the treatments effectivness or demand for it. I wonder if the company that brought it to market in the first place wanted to avoid the stink caused when people were informed by animal advocate groups how many dogs and other animals were killed in the process of developing it.

The killing of the subjects of animal testing
in order to weigh and measure internal organs
is typical for experimentation of new drugs,
and is also documented in pre-FDA
Neutersol clinical trials. What isn't typical
is that this work was sponsored by the
Humane Society of the United States
and was even underwritten by them.​

http://lists.envirolink.org/pipermail/ar-news/Week-of-Mon-20031208/012777.html

Also - these drugs do not have any behavioural effect on dogs. Neither does it have any preventative effect on testicular cancer.

So now I know a bit more about chemical castration than I did on Tuesday. I won't be adding a page about it to four-legged-friends as an alternative to castration but I can at least put up a page saying what it is - and what it isn't.