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There has been a growing public interest in the problem of animal homelessness. Numerous public awareness campaigns stress the importance of reducing the population of animals through castration and sterilization, which prevents their abandonment (14, 17). Therefore, organizing spay and neuter clinics, especially in areas with limited access to veterinary care, is becoming increasingly common (7, 12, 15). Safe anesthesia and perioperative patient care during mass castration and sterilization programs is essential for patient safety. The Polish literature provides no guidelines on the use of anesthetic protocols during spay and neuter clinics. This lack of guidelines significantly complicates the process of organizing local clinics. In this article, we present information on the organization of our spay and neuter clinics. In particular, we focus on an anesthetic protocol designed specifically for mass castrations and sterilizations and based on clinical experience from five such events. Additionally, we compare this protocol in terms of the mode of drug administration and costs with protocols used during similar programs at St. Edward Island and Purdue University clinics (7, 12). This information may prove helpful to the organizers of spay and neuter clinics in selecting an anesthetic protocol suitable for Polish conditions.

Usefulness of a general anesthesia protocol and work organization in mass castration and sterilization programs for dogs and cats