An ovariosalpingohisterectomy procedure indication - elective and therapeutic - retrospective study was conducted during one year. Record files from 193 bitches and queens assisted at a Veterinary School Hospital between March 2010 and March 2011 were analyzed, considering species, age and contraceptive use. It was possible to conclude that the therapeutic OSH demand (78.8%) is remarkably superior to the elective OSH request (21.2%). It was also observed that the most frequently detected reproductive abnormalities were pyometra (53.36%) and gestational complications (25.38%), and also that the use of contraceptives is a relevant factor for those events.
elective and therapeutic ovariosalpingohisterectomy; bitch; queen
