midterm - dog and cat Flashcards
progesterone concentration of ovulation
4 - 10
progesterone concentation of LH peak
2 - 2.9
progesterone concentration of diestrus
> 10
when does whelping occur
57 +/- 1 day after onset of cytological diestrus
when should bitches be inseminated
day 4 and day 6 after LH peak
2-2-2-2
when progesterone concentration is 2 = LH peak
2 days after that is ovulation
2 days that breed
2 days after that breed a 2nd time
when is cytological diestrus in reference to LH peak
8 - 9 days after LH peak
standard vaginal dose
250 million
intra-uterine insemination
100 million
cats - what type of ovulator
when do they ovulate
induced ovulator - they need sufficient coital stimulation to cause an LH release
they will ovulate 24 hours later
how long does a cats estrus last
8 days
canine herpes virus
causes
transmission
causes: mummies, abortions, stillborns
transmission: respiratory, oral, venereal
brucella canis
females
males
PATHOLOGIC & ZOONOTIC
females: fever, abortion, conception failure, early embryonic death
males: testicular atrophy, epididymitis, scrotal edema/dermatitis
brucellosis
diffuse lymphadenomegaly, diskospondylitis, lameness (osteomyelitis and polyarthritis), ocular lesions
cystic endometrial hyperplasia
what causes it
what does it do?
caused by repeated estrus and diestrus
causes endometrial cyst formation, susceptibility to infection,t heickening and cysts, progesterone immune suppression, pyometra
