Preparing the Breeding Pair For Mating

Question 1

Define: stud

Answer 1

animal used for breeding

Question 2

Define: ovulation

Answer 2

process in which ova is released

Question 3

Define: intromission

Answer 3

penetration

Question 4

Define: Tie

Answer 4

where the bulbs glandis swells inside the bitch

Question 5

Define: gestation

Answer 5

period of time between conception and parturition

Question 6

Define: pro-oestrus

Answer 6

start of the oestrus cycle

Question 7

Define: conformation

Answer 7

shape or structure of something

Question 8

Define: selective breeding

Answer 8

desirable traits are chosen to be used by the breeder

Question 9

Define: domestication

Answer 9

allows for selective breeding to occur

Question 10

What needs to be considered when breeding animals?

Answer 10

• desirable and undesirable traits
• possible/known health issues

Question 11

Explain: dominant genes

Answer 11

will always be expressed when paired with a recessive

Question 12

Explain: recessive genes

Answer 12

can only be expressive when paired with a recessive

Question 13

Define: inbreeding

Answer 13

mating of closely related individuals

Question 14

Define: line breeding

Answer 14

mating of animals with shared ancestors

Question 15

Define: outbreeding

Answer 15

mating two unrelated individuals

Question 16

What is a relevant piece of legislation for this?

Answer 16

breeding and sale of dogs act 1999

Question 17

What should the outcome of an assessment of breeding animals be?

Answer 17

• clinically healthy
• suitable age (skeletally mature, temperament)
• free from hereditary diseases
• free from infectious diseases
• fully vaccinated
• preventative health care

Question 18

What is the gestation of a cat (queen)?

Answer 18

65 days

Question 19

What is the gestation for a dog (dam)?

Answer 19

63 days

Question 20

Suggest ways of caring for a pregnant cat:

Answer 20

• abdominal palpation from 15-20days
• vaccination pre-mating
• visible changes from 21days
• worming treatment (toxocara catis)
• increase nutrition from early on until lactation (smaller meals, more often)
• provision of suitable nesting sites

Question 21

Suggest ways of caring for a pregnant dog:

Answer 21

• abdominal palpation from 28days
• vaccination pre-mating
• nutritional requirements don’t change until last trimester
• worming treatment (toxocara caris(day42) due to trans-placental and trans-mammary transmission)
• made familiar with whelping box (last 2 weeks of pregnancy)