Reproduction Flashcards
Which drug is used to treat premature labor in mares?
Altrenogest
What are clinical uses for prolactin inhibitors?
Mismating in the bitch and queen Pseudopregnancy in the bitch or queen
What is used to treat aglactica?
Dopamine antagonists - phenothiazines, metoclopramide, domperidone
What class of drugs is used to treat pituitary dwarfism in dogs?
Somatotropin
Treatment of benign prostate hypertrophy in dogs?
Castration
Megesterol acetate (inhibits gonadotropins)
Finasteride (inhibits 5 a-reductase)
GnRH antagonists
Large doses of GnRH agonists
What are the major side effects of progestin use?
CEH (cystic endometrial hyperplasia) Pyometra
What drug is used to induce abortion in cattle from day 7-150?
Prostaglandins
Synchronization of estrus in cattle and controlling the time of estrus in mares?
Prostaglandins
Progestins
T/F: There is no treatment for pseudopregnancy in the bitch.
True
Progestin approved in bitches?
Megestrol acetate
What is the DOC for induction of parturition in cattle in the last month of pregnancy?
Dexamethasone
Increasing luteal formation in large animals?
GnRH
What drugs are prolactin inhibitors?
Bromocriptine
Cabergoline
What drug is used for chemical castration in dogs?
Zinc glutonate neutralized with arginine by injection (3-10 months of age)
What are our androgen drugs?
Testosterone esters Trenbolone Mibolerone
Diagnosis of LH and testosterone deficiency in small animals?
GnRH
What drug is used to stimulate uterine contraction?
PGF2a
Estrogens
Oxytocin
What effect to prostaglandins have on the corpus luteum?
Regression of the CL by increased intracellular free calcium
Term to describe mismating in large animals?
Abortifacient
What are the uterine stimulants?
Estrogens Oxytocin PGF2a Glucocorticoids Ergonovine
What drugs cause ejaculation in stallions?
Imipramine Xylazine (a2 agonist) PGF2a
Term to describe induction of parturition?
Ecbolic (oxytocic)
What is the DOC to induce parturition in the bitch and mare?
Oxytocin
What estrogen is used on its own for growth promotion in cattle and sheep?
Zeranol
What drug is combined with a progestin for estrus synchronization in cattle?
Estradiol valerate
Treatment of cryptorchidism in dogs?
hCG
Which drugs are used for contraception and suppression of estrus in small animals?
Megestrol acetate in bitches and queens
Administration of what drug before prostaglandins will reduce side effects in small animals?
Atropine
What drug should be used to induce abortion in the last month of pregnancy in cattle?
Dexamethasone or PGF2a
What drugs can be used as implants in feedlot heifers and steers?
Testosterone-estradiol Trenbolone
What are our anabolic steroids?
Stanozolol Boldenone
What species is Stanozolol approved in?
Dogs, cats, horses
Stimulation of testosterone secretion in large animals?
hCG
Androgen antagonists in prostate hypertrophy and tumors, and anal adenoma?
Estrogens
Treatment of silent estrus and pyometra in cattle?
Prostaglandin
Term to describe mismating in small animals?
Antinidatory
Androgens or estrogens used for pseudopregnancy in the bitch?
Testosterone cypionate Mibolerone DES