2007-07-29 12:26:50 · 22 answers · asked by nikkinoonies 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Nothing they are both the same just different names used by different people and countries.
2007-07-29 12:29:27 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Golden gal♥ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neutering can apply to either sex - it means what it implies - neutral - neither male or female) Castration is usually used to refer to males, spaying (not spading or speying!) to females. The person above who mentioned about cows being castrated obviously missed some basic information. Cows are female - Bulls might be castrated but definitely not cows.
2007-07-30 03:31:18 · answer #2 · answered by anwen55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not much, the victim still becomes an eunuch of whatever kind of animal it is to begin with; like a horse being gelded, a dog being neutered, and a cow being castrated! They are all nutless afterward!
2007-07-29 12:31:20 · answer #3 · answered by OBI 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Castrate often refers to males while 'spay' nearly always refers to females. Castrate is also used for both males and females, though. Neuter can be for either or is occasionally used only for males.
Essentially, no, there's no difference.
2007-07-29 12:29:21 · answer #4 · answered by Cleoppa 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Castration & neutering mean exactly the same thing....
2007-07-29 12:35:23 · answer #5 · answered by Great Dane Lover 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most visitors to the vets office are not comfortable with the word castration.Neuter seems to be easier.The patient becomes neither male or female.Neutral.
I notice most men cringe when I say it.
I have very few men walk into my practice and ask to have their pet neutered.
It seems this is the womens job to get the males in their households fixed .
Dogs horses cats and men the women always ask to get it done.
2007-07-30 10:59:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure - what my vet explained to me was when a dog is neutered they remove the testicles only leaving the sack to be absorbed by the body - castration is the removal of the entire section sack and all....
2007-07-29 12:30:58 · answer #7 · answered by Pomi Momi♥ 5 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Castration is taking the testicles cut off from the outside, male castration of a person who entered the caste of eunuchs during imperial times involved the removal of the whole genitalia, that is, the removal of the testes, penis, and scrotum
Neutered is just cutting off the sperm avenues so there is no reproduction its done from the inside. Here is the procedure:
http://www.thepetcenter.com/sur/dneut.html
2007-07-29 12:30:04 · answer #8 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Nope.. neutered is just a diff name for it
2007-07-29 12:29:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My vet uses both terms for the exact same thing, for my male pet.
2007-07-29 12:31:13 · answer #10 · answered by JF12B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋