Canine Reproduction and Neonatology

Contents Acknowledgements/Dedication Preface Chapter 1: Working With Breeders Normal Reproduction Basic Reproductive Care Chapter 2: Genetic Selection And Screening Selecting Breeding Stock Counseling the Breeder/Client Specific Disease-Based Screening Examinations and Databases Genotypic Screening Line Breeding The Breeding Program Chapter 3: Preparing To Breed Planning the Breeding Stud Dog Selection Preparing the Bitch for Breeding Timing the Bitch for Breeding Chapter 4: Orchestrating the Breeding – Natural And Special Breeding Scheduling the Breeding Appointment The Normal Breeding Vaginal Artificial Inseminations Shipping Fresh Chilled Semen Handling Frozen Semen Surgical Insemination Transvaginal Insemination Chapter 5: Managing The Pregnancy Environmental Management and Housing Drugs and Vaccines During Pregnancy Anthelmenthics During Pregnancy Nutrition Diagnosing the preganancy Managing the Abnormal Pregnancy Premature Labor and Hypoluteoidism Chapter 6: Managing The Whelping And C – Section Preparing for the Whelping at Home The Normal Delivery Managing a Whelping at the Veterinary Hospital Tacodynamometry Managing the C-section Dystocia Managing the C – Section Techniques for Success Anesthesia Surgery – C-section and Delivery of the pups Resuscitation of the Neonate at Vaginal or C- Section Birth Discharge of the Bitch and Her Litter Chapter 7: Managing the Immediate Postpartum Period In The Bitch Health Care Nutrition and Exercise Anthelmenthics Common Disorders of the Immediate Postpartum Period Chapter 8: Neonatal and Pediatric Care The Normal Neonate Advanced Home Care Causes of Neonatal Mortality Neonatal Supportive Care The Singelton Puppy Taildocking and Dew Claw Removal Nutrition Preparing Puppies for a New Home Placing the Puppies Registering Litters Chapter 9: Infertility And Reproductive Problems In The Valuable Bitch The Normal Estrous Cycle The Ideal Age To Breed And Frequency Maximizing Litter Size The Missed Breeding Planning for the Next Breeding Abnormal Estrous Cycles Failure to Maintain Pregnancy Hormonal Alteration of Estrous Pseudopregnancy Diagnosing Pyometra Miscellaneous Disorders of Pregnancy The Accidental Breeding Special Breedings Mammary Tumors Chapter 10: Infertility And Reproductive Problems In The Valuable Stud Dog Breeding Soundness Examination Collecting the Stud Dog Sperm Count and Morphology Endocrinopathies and Hormonal Diseases Disorders of the Prostate Disorders of the Testes Scrotal Disorders Disorders of the Penis Failure to Achieve Sexual Maturity and Intersex Disorders of Copulation Disorders of Sperm Production Technical Advances in Perpetuating Male Fertility Chapter 11: Special Breedings Working With Fresh Chilled Semen Breeding a Bitch With Frozen Semen SUGGESTED READINGS APPENDICES Appendix A: FOR TECHNICAL STAFF (14 elements) Appendix B: FOR TELEPHONE STAFF ( 6 elements) Appendix C: CLIENT INFORMATION ( 15 elements) Appendix D: FOR VETERINARIANS (16 elements) INDEX