Canine contraceptive capsule implant for males available from Australian company

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The Age, Melbourne December 10, 2004

 

For dogs, end to cruel cut

By Michael Evans

 

Man's best friend can breathe a little easier: dog owners can now choose

whether the family pooch need suffer the cruellest cut of all with the

release of what is claimed to be the first pet contraceptive.

 

An Australian company, Peptech Animal Health, yesterday launched the

equivalent of the doggy pill, approved for sale through vets to treat male

dogs.

 

Managing director Timothy Trigg said: " The owner may choose not to do it

(castrate) permanently. Some owners like to have a pair of nuts visible.

With this drug they're still there. Whether they go our way or the other,

it's up to them. "

 

The drug is inserted in an implant under skin between the dog's shoulders,

the company says. The low, continuous dose prevents production of sex

hormones, reducing testosterone levels to zero. This leads to a loss of

reproductive function that lasts six months.

 

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2004:

Non-surgical sterilization wait goes on with new hopes & many frustrations

[EXCERPT]

Anti-GnRH analogs currently appear to be the most promising

class of contraceptives for dogs and cats, Joechle opined, but use

has been inhibited by high development and production cost.

Peptech Animal Health recently developed a relatively inexpensive

anti-GnRH analog called deslorelin, implanted in capsules, each

lasting about six months, Joechle said. " Approval for sale under

the trade name Supererolin was obtained in New Zealand and Australia

in 2003, " Joechle added.

 

 

 

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Kim Bartlett, Publisher of ANIMAL PEOPLE Newspaper

Postal mailing address: P.O. Box 960, Clinton WA 98236 U.S.A.

CORRECT EMAIL ADDRESS IS: <ANPEOPLE

Website: http://www.animalpeoplenews.org/ with French and Spanish

language subsections.

 

 

Something to think about: We believe that the Golden Rule

applies to animals, too. We don't accept the prevailing notion

that " people come first' " or that " people are more important than

animals. " Animals feel pain and suffer just as we do, and it is

almost always humans making animals suffer and not the other way

around. Yet in spite of how cruelly people behave towards animals

-- not to mention human cruelty to other humans -- we are supposed to

believe that humans are superior to other animals. If people want

to fancy themselves as being of greater moral worth than the other

creatures on this earth, we should begin behaving better than they

do, and not worse. Let's start treating everyone as we would like

to be treated ourselves.

 

 

[Guest guest]

 I want to know its more details.I also want to know about Microchip

identification as well as laser surgery(Neutering) of dogs as well as Monkeys

..Can anybody guide us about cost involved too in US Dollors /Indian Rupee.

 

 

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 Kim Bartlett wrote :

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>The Age, Melbourne December 10, 2004

>

>For dogs, end to cruel cut

>By Michael Evans

>

>Man's best friend can breathe a little easier: dog owners can now choose

>whether the family pooch need suffer the cruellest cut of all with the

>release of what is claimed to be the first pet contraceptive.

>

>An Australian company, Peptech Animal Health, yesterday launched the

>equivalent of the doggy pill, approved for sale through vets to treat male

>dogs.

>

>Managing director Timothy Trigg said: " The owner may choose not to do it

>(castrate) permanently. Some owners like to have a pair of nuts visible.

>With this drug they're still there. Whether they go our way or the other,

>it's up to them. "

>

>The drug is inserted in an implant under skin between the dog's shoulders,

>the company says. The low, continuous dose prevents production of sex

>hormones, reducing testosterone levels to zero. This leads to a loss of

>reproductive function that lasts six months.

>

> ---

>

>

> From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2004:

>Non-surgical sterilization wait goes on with new hopes & many frustrations

>[EXCERPT]

> Anti-GnRH analogs currently appear to be the most promising

>class of contraceptives for dogs and cats, Joechle opined, but use

>has been inhibited by high development and production cost.

>Peptech Animal Health recently developed a relatively inexpensive

>anti-GnRH analog called deslorelin, implanted in capsules, each

>lasting about six months, Joechle said. " Approval for sale under

>the trade name Supererolin was obtained in New Zealand and Australia

>in 2003, " Joechle added.

>

>

>

>--

>Kim Bartlett, Publisher of ANIMAL PEOPLE Newspaper

>Postal mailing address: P.O. Box 960, Clinton WA 98236 U.S.A.

>CORRECT EMAIL ADDRESS IS: <ANPEOPLE

>Website: http://www.animalpeoplenews.org/ with French and Spanish

>language subsections.

>

>

> Something to think about: We believe that the Golden Rule

>applies to animals, too. We don't accept the prevailing notion

>that " people come first' " or that " people are more important than

>animals. " Animals feel pain and suffer just as we do, and it is

>almost always humans making animals suffer and not the other way

>around. Yet in spite of how cruelly people behave towards animals

>-- not to mention human cruelty to other humans -- we are supposed to

>believe that humans are superior to other animals. If people want

>to fancy themselves as being of greater moral worth than the other

>creatures on this earth, we should begin behaving better than they

>do, and not worse. Let's start treating everyone as we would like

>to be treated ourselves.

>

>