labadore Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 There are always threads asking the Age to Neuter/Desex and responses listing the pros and cons with particular mention on the issue of growth plate closure. This link was posted on another forum I belong to and thought it might be helpful to post here as it is not breed specific. The link below provided by Provet, contains a table listing the range and average closure times of growth plates in dogs and at the bottom of this table there is also a link to a table for Cats. For my breed, Labradors, the consensus for growth plate closure is around 14months and the common advice for delaying neutering male Labs is 18months-2yrs and 12-18months or minimum 1st heat for desexing females. Growth Plate Closure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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