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
Class of drugs used to maintain pregnancy and promote estrus?
Progesterones
What class of drugs increase milk production and enhance growth in large animals?
Somatotropin
What are the adverse effects of prostaglandins in horses?
Sweating and colic
DOC to expel mummified fetuses in large animals?
Prostaglandins
Induction of parturition in swine and cattle?
Prostaglandins
What drug is used to decrease serum progesterone?
PGF2a
Progestin approved in cattle?
Melengestrol acetate
Drug used to suppress estrus and synchronization of estrous cycle?
Progesterone CIDR in cattle Altrenogest in mares Norgestomet implants and norgestomet-estradiol valerate injection in beef cattle and non-lactating heifers
T/F: and ovarian historectomy should be performed during clinical signs of pseudopregnancy.
False
Induction of ovulation in the mare?
hCG GnRH - specifically Deslorelin acetate
Treatment of pyometra in large animals with antibiotics?
Prostaglandins
What drug is used to produce a teaser to identify cows in estrus?
Testosterone
Induction of ovulation in cats?
hCG
Progestin approved in cats?
Hydroxyprogesterone caproate
What class of drugs inhibit uterine contraction?
Tocolytics
What synthetic prostaglandins are approved in mares?
Fluprostenol
What drug is used in combination with progesterone or testosterone for growth in cattle?
Estradiol
DOC for endophyte-induced agalactia in mares?
Domperidone
Adverse effect of using estrogens in mismating in small animals?
Pyometra
Prostaglandins have no side effects in what two species?
Swine Cattle
Induction of parturition in sows?
PGF2a alone or with Oxytocin
What drugs are listed under tocolytics?
Beta 2 agonists (terbutaline, ritodrine) Magnesium sulfate Inhalation anesthetics
Induction of parturition in cattle?
Glucocorticoids PGF2a
What do prostaglandins activate?
Protein kinase C
Stimulation of follicular growth in anestrous animals
eCG
Induction of estrus in the bitch?
Estrogens
During the first 150 days of gestation, what should be used to induce abortion in cattle?
PGF2a or its analogs
What drugs can be used to treat pseudopregnancy in the bitch?
Mibolerone Testosterone
Treatment of mismating in dogs and cats?
Estrogens (not recommended - can cause pyometra)
What is our mycotoxin estrogen?
Zeranol
What is one of the most common reproductive problems during diestrus in the bitch?
Pseudopregnancy
What species are PGF2a tham salt and dinoprost trimethamine approved in?
Cattle Mares Sows
Treatment of mismating in the bitch?
Prostaglandins
Treatment of urinary incontinence, dermatitis, and vaginitis in the ovarectomized bitch and queen?
Estrogens
Dopamine agonists used for pseudopregnancy in the bitch?
Bromocriptine
Cabergoline
A.K.A. Prolactin inhibitors
What synthetic prostaglandins are approved in cattle?
Cloprostenol Fenprostalene
What drug should be used to induce abortion at 5-8 months gestation in cattle?
Combination of PGF2a and dexamethasone
Induction of estrus in prepubertal gilts?
eCG in combination with hCG
Induction of super ovulation in cattle?
eCG in combo with PGF2a
Increasing libido in male dogs and cats?
GnRH
What is the most serious reproductive problem in the bitch?
CEH
Induction of parturition in small animals?
Oxytocin
What class of drugs is used to treat GH-responsive dermatosis in small animals?
Somatotropin
Treatment of follicular cysts in cattle?
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) GnRH
What species is Boldenone approved in?
Horses
Treatment of follicular cysts in the bitch?
hCG GnRH
Drugs used as growth promoters in cattle?
Progesterone-estradiol benzoate Melengesterol
Progestin approved in mares?
Altrenogest
Progestin approved in beef cattle and non lactating heifers?
Norgestomet implants and norgestomet-estradiol valerate injection Syncro Mate B
What is our synthetic non steroidal estrogen?
DES
What are our Estradiol esters?
Cypionate Propionate Benzoate Velerate
What do prostaglandins inhibit?
Steroid synthesis
Induction of parturition in the mare?
Oxytocin
Treatment of uterine infections in the bitch or queen?
Prostaglandins
Which prolactin inhibitor is better?
Cabergoline
Which drugs are used to treat behavioral problems and urination in male cats?
Hydroxyprogesterone caproate Medroxyprogesterone acetate
What drugs can be used to treat suppression estrus in dogs?
Milbolerone Testosterone