Small Animal Theriogenology Volume 53, Issue 5, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice 1st Edition

• Cover image

• Title page

• Table of Contents

• Copyright

• Contributors

• Forthcoming Issues

• Preface

• Canine Semen Evaluation and Processing

• Key points

• Introduction

• Discussion

• Kinematics

• Morphology

• Concentration

• Viability

• Semen extenders

• Future directions

• Clinics care points

• Disclosure

• Progesterone Analysis in Canine Breeding Management

• Key points

• Progesterone in the management of canine reproduction

• Why do results of progesterone determinations from different laboratories (and/or instrument platforms) differ?

• Summary

• Disclosures

• Incorporating Genetic Testing into a Breeding Program

• Key points

• Introduction

• The purpose of the breeding program

• The role of genetic diversity

• Interpretation of the genetic test

• Improving genetic diversity and reducing disease prevalence

• A practical example

• Complications and considerations on genetic testing

• Discussion

• Summary

• Clinics care points

• Disclosure

• Ophthalmic Disease and Screening in Breeding Dogs

• Key points

• Canine breed screening ophthalmic examination

• History and current organization

• Ophthalmic examination process and certification

• Selected specific conditions screened for on a companion animal eye registry examination

• Summary

• Disclosure

• Cardiac Disease and Screening in Breeding Dogs

• Key points

• Introduction/history/definitions/background

• Breed screening programs

• Discussion

• Summary

• Clinics care points

• Disclosure

• Common Orthopedic Traits and Screening for Breeding Programs

• Key points

• Introduction

• Canine hip dysplasia

• Elbow dysplasia

• Medial patellar luxation

• Cranial cruciate ligament rupture

• Osteochondrosis (other than of the medial humeral condyle)

• Legg-calvé-perthes disease

• Complex trait genetics

• Genome-wide association studies for complex orthopedic trait phenotypes

• Estimated breeding values for genetic quality for complex orthopedic traits

• Genomic prediction of canine hip dysplasia and rupture of the cranial cruciate ligament

• Current recommendations

• Clinics care points

• Body Condition and Fertility in Dogs

• Key points

• Introduction of body condition scoring in dogs

• Obesity in adult dogs

• The influence of nutrition and body condition on the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis

• Body condition and fertility in the bitch

• Body condition and fertility in the stud dog

• Endocrine disorders and canine obesity

• Recommendations for the brood bitch and stud

• Clinics care points

• Disclosure

• Update on Brucella canis: Understanding the Past and Preparing for the Future

• Key points

• Etiology

• Epidemiology of Canine Brucellosis

• B.canis Pathogenesis

• Clinical presentation of B canis infection and routes of transmission

• High-Risk Populations for Canine Brucellosis

• Regulations and Guidelines Surrounding B canis

• Diagnosis of Disease

• Summary

• Clinics Care Points

• Disclosure

• Supplementary data

• An Update on Male Canine Infertility

• Key points

• Introduction

• Alkaline phosphatase analysis in seminal fluid

• Retrograde ejaculation

• Ultrasound of the testes and prostate

• Semen culture

• Human chorionic gonadotropin/gonadotropin releasing hormone response testing

• Nutrient content of dog foods, age of stud dogs, and environmental toxins

• Testicular biopsy

• Supplements to improve fertility

• Summary

• Clinics care points

• Disclosure

• Nutrition and Theriogenology: A Glimpse Into Nutrition and Nutritional Supplementation During Gestation, Lactation, Weaning and Breeding Dogs and Cats

• Key points

• Nutrition for the normal intact male and female before breeding

• Feeding the gravid female

• Feeding during lactation

• Feeding guidelines for weaning puppies/kittens

• Feeding the growing puppy/kitten

• Protein requirements

• Fish oil and docosahexaenoic acid

• Obesity and body condition score

• Calcium and phosphorus: large breed considerations

• Nutrition and nutraceuticals: ovulation and conception

• Nutrition and nutraceuticals for spermatogenesis

• Summary

• Clinics care points

• Disclosure

• Canine Pregnancy, Eutocia, and Dystocia

• Key points

• Introduction

• The prebreeding period

• Pregnancy diagnosis

• Pharmacology

• Problems during pregnancy

• Metabolic disorders

• Whelping

• Newborn resuscitation

• Supplementary data

• Canine Cesarean Section: Emergency and Elective

• Key points

• Emergency cesarean section

• Elective cesarean section

• Planning the elective C-section

• Methods for ovulation timing

• Anesthetic considerations for cesarean section

• Drug selection

• Preanesthesia medications

• Anesthetic maintenance

• Other perianesthetic concerns

• Specific anesthesia protocols

• Surgery technical considerations

• Ovariohysterectomy at time of cesarean section

• Postanesthesia/surgery recovery of dam

• Departing from hospital and advice for early newborn period

• Clinics care points

• Disclosure

• Pathology of Perinatal Disorders

• Key points

• Introduction

• Standardized approach to postmortem examination

• Viral causes of perinatal death

• Bacterial causes of perinatal death

• Protozoal causes of perinatal death

• Summary

• Clinics care points

• Disclosure

• Canine Neonatal Health

• Key points

• Introduction

• Key points: introduction

• Pre-breeding screening

• Key Points: Pre-Breeding Screening

• Pregnancy

• Key points: pregnancy

• Parturition

• Key points: parturition

• The neonate

• Key points: the neonate

• Clinical tools

• Key points: clinical monitoring tools

• The neonatal triad

• Key points: the neonatal triad

• Infectious disease

• Key points: infectious disease

• Clinical approach to the neonate

• Clinics care points

• Disclosure

• Early Puppy Behavior: Tools for Later Success

• Key points

• Introduction

• Discussion

• Clinics care points

• Disclosure

• Decision-Making on Recommended Age of Spay/Neuter for a Specific Dog: General Principles and Cultural Complexities

• Key points

• Introduction

• General principles for effects of age of neutering

• Cultural contexts

• Alternative methods of preventing reproduction due to the physiologic effects of neutering

• Summary

• Clinics care points

• Pyometra in Small Animals 3.0

• Key points

• Introduction

• Epidemiology and risk factors

• Etiology and pathogenesis

• Clinical presentation

• Diagnosis

• Clinicopathologic testing—laboratory parameters

• Treatment alternatives

• Surgical treatment

• Medical (nonsurgical) treatment

• Prognosis after medical treatment

• Predictive markers

• Differentiation of pyometra and mucometra or hydrometra

• Prevention

• Stump pyometra

• Clinics care points

• Supplementary data

Bruce W. Christensen

Affiliations and expertise

Kokopelli Assisted Reproductive Services