Breeding a purebred cat requires a selection of partners to concentrate the desired qualities, while limiting inbreeding.
The partners are sometimes geographically distant, with incompatible characteristics (impossible breeding), or the female with a health risk (coryza, etc.).
The objective of caesarean section is to give birth to live foetuses, without increasing their possible suffering (during dystocia*), with primary reflexes present in breathing, sucking and burrowing.
The terms "synthetic derivatives" or "progesterone analogue" refer to drugs commonly used to control the reproductive cycle of dogs (and cats).
Owners frequently ask if it is possible to medically prevent their dog's coming into heat. They consider this approach to be less harmful (or even "barbaric") than surgery. Therefore, it is necessary to know the indications and limits of all the molecules available for this use.
The bitch has one to two heat cycles per year. The duration of the anestrus seems to have, in part, a genetic basis (race- and animal-dependent).
The involution of the endometrium (histological) is not complete until 5 months after estrus, whether the bitch was pregnant or not. The heat induced in the 4 months post-metostrus is less fertile than normal
We will detail the different insemination methods, the ideal number of inseminations, and the optimal time to inseminate.
Infertility is a frequent cause of consultation in males.
The term "infertility" is often synonymous with "bitch that is unpregnant Male infertility must be confirmed and characterized before its origin (location and etiology) is found to discuss prognosis and treatment.
Semen evaluation is essential for the evaluation of male fertility at the time of insemination and the semen storage process ( chilled and frozen semen).
The improvement of fertility results with frozen semen and its "practicality" leads to its population in canine husbandry in the coming years.