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Originally Posted by Maximo  Looking at the conditions listed for high incidence in neutered males, in my opinion, these could easily be explained by environmental (human influenced) factors. Using Rhetts mama's line, it is a leap to go from correlation to causation. (sorry if I missed something; loads of information in this thread to digest).
Humans who neuter their pets might be more likely to indulge their pets with food, leading to obesity and all of these related problems, which may also be linked to some cancers.
I don't think it is right to say that being neutered *causes* obesity in males. It is harder to keep a neutered male at the right weight (ahem, Max  ), like it is harder to keep weight on an intact male who is around a bitch in heat. An adjustment of diet is needed according to activity level, same as when a dog matures from puppy to adulthood. |
That was my point if posting the entire article. When you read the article along with this chart it kind of discredits several of the highs as being human not spay/neuter related. It was repeatedly numerous times that these states were in large or giant breed dogs as well and that there are no studies for small breed animals.