ACC&D’s Peer-Reviewed Publications

ACC&D is a trusted resource for scientific and educational information on non-surgical fertility control for cats and dogs. The following are peer-reviewed publications ACC&D has either authored or co-authored:

surgical Sterilization & animal health

• “Gonadectomy status and age are associated with variable risk of overweight or obese outcomes in 15 dog breeds: a retrospective cohort study using data from primary care veterinary clinics” (Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2025)

• “Age at gonadectomy, sex, and breed size affect risk of canine overweight and obese outcomes: a retrospective cohort study using data from United States primary care veterinary clinics” (Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2023)

Free-Roaming cat population modeling

• “Guidance for management of free-roaming community cats: a bioeconomic analysis” (Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 2021)

• “A Long-Term Lens: Cumulative Impacts of Free-Roaming Cat Management Strategy and Intensity on Preventable Cat Mortalities” (Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019)

• “Simulating Free-Roaming Cat Population Management Options in Open Demographic Environments” (PLOS ONE, 2014)

Suprelorin® (deslorelin acetate)      

• “Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Agonist Implants for Male Dog Fertility Suppression: A Review of Mode of Action, Efficacy, Safety, and Uses” (Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020)

GonaCon™ 

• “Effectiveness of GonaCon as an immunocontraceptive in colony-housed cats” (Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 2018)

• “Hybrid model intermediate between a laboratory and field study: A humane paradigm shift in feline research” (Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 2018)

Ethics

• The Ethics of Innovation: Ethical Decision-Making and Review for Field Studies and Projects Targeting Dogs and Cats (Animals 2021)

• Exploring the Gaps in Practical Ethical Guidance for Animal Welfare Considerations of Field Interventions and Innovations Targeting Dogs and Cats (Animals, 2018)

Feline Fertility Control special issue of THE journal of feline medicine and surgery

ACC&D conceived, managed, and edited the first ever Special Issue of the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery to focus on non-surgical feline fertility control. The following articles appeared in the Special Issue published in 2015:

• Non-surgical fertility control: current and future options for cat health and welfare

• Progestins to control feline reproduction: Historical abuse of high doses and potentially safe use of low doses

• Alternative methods for feline fertility control: Use of melatonin to suppress reproduction

• Vaccines for feline contraception: GonaCon GnRH–hemocyanin conjugate immunocontraceptive

• Long-term contraception in a small implant: A review of Suprelorin (deslorelin) studies in cats

• Intratesticular and intraepididymal injections to sterilize male cats: From calcium chloride to zinc gluconate and beyond

• No surgery required: the future of feline sterilization: An overview of the Michelson Prize & Grants in Reproductive Biology

• Put a label (claim) on it: Getting non-surgical contraceptives approved for use in cats and dogs

• Methods of fertility control in cats: Owner, breeder and veterinarian behavior and attitudes

• Better trap–neuter–return for free-roaming cats: Using models and monitoring to improve population management

• Ear tips to ear tags: Marking and identifying cats treated with non-surgical fertility control