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Agriculture · Q156

Animal Husbandry

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 156

Q156

Removal of ovary is known as

A.
Castration
B.
Docking
C.
Spaying
Answer
D.
None of these

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Removal of ovary is known as Spaying.
In veterinary medicine, the removal of ovaries and uterus is called ovariohysterectomy (spaying) and is a form of sterilization.
The surgery is also called ovariectomy, but this term is mostly used about animals, e.g. the surgical removal of ovaries from laboratory animals.