Canine Reproduction and Neonatology

Winner of Dog Writers Association of America's Dogwise Best Book Award

This book focuses on the veterinarian’s responsibilities for managing the problem pregnancy, insemination, collecting, storing and shipping semen, and all of the diseases and vaccination protocols that may involve the bitch and the stud dog. It is also a very practical guide for the non-veterinarian breeder and kennel owner.

The book provides step by step guidelines for husbandry and nutrition as they relate to the bitch and her puppies, an excellent and concise description of breeding genetics and the implications of that knowledge for long term preservation of the breed line, and it focuses squarely on the relationship that must exist between the veterinarian and breeder clients.

This practical guide is the ideal resource for veterinarians as well as for breeders, kennel operators and others with a financial or humane interest in the breeding and maintenance of dogs.

Table of Contents:

Working With Breeders
Normal Reproduction
Basic Reproductive Care

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

Preparing To Breed
Planning the Breeding
Stud Dog Selection
Preparing the Bitch for Breeding
Timing the Bitch for Breeding

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

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

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
Managing the Immediate Postpartum Period In The Bitch
Health Care
Nutrition and Exercise
Anthelmenthics
Common Disorders of the Immediate Postpartum Period

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

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

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