Express evaluation of reproductive capacity of dogs in the conditions of the nursery
In recent decades doctors of veterinary medicine have devoted particular attention to dogs and, in particular, to the questions of physiology and pathology of their reproduction. The result is the publication of a significant number of manuals and monographs devoted to the actual issues of diagnosis and treatment of small animal diseases. Little remains the problems of andrological pathology of dogs, while the requirements for quality and number of offspring in high-value breeds of dogs and, consequently, reproductive health dogs. An important direction in solving these issues is the holding of andrological dispensary, which allows to diagnose the form of impotence, to identify the causes, to develop medical and preventive measures. However, in the conditions of large nurseries to study a significant number of dogs in limited time, there is a need for an accelerated, but at the same time, objective assessment of reproductive capacity of males. Proceeding from this, the aim of the work was to validate the method developed by us for express evaluation of the reproductive capacity of dogs in the conditions of a particular nursery. We have developed an express assessment of the reproductive capacity of dogs, which involves conducting a general clinical trial of males, a survey of the genitourinary system, determining the manifestation of sexual reflexes and the withdrawal of spermograms. The obtained results of research were distributed on a scale: «G» (good) - pathological changes were not found, all indicators of homeostasis and spermograms within the norm. The pedigree can be used without restrictions; «S» (satisfactory) - slight deviations from the norm, which have a minor effect on the body and partly reduce the reproductive potential of the dog. The herb is allowed to reproduce with a restriction on the careful control of its reproductive use; «U» (unsatisfactory) - a pathological state of the body, hypotension or impotence. Breeding is not allowed. According to the results of the research, it was determined that express assessment of the reproductive capacity of the dogs makes it possible to carry out a quick and fairly objective assessment of the reproductive potential of a large number of dogs for a limited period, to identify diseased animals, to develop and implement the necessary preventive or curative measures. It was established that from the total number of evaluated dogs of the «Zvezdnoye schastye» nursery, 12 dogs (or 76%) were rated «good» and recommended for breeding, 4 - were «satisfactorily» (18%) and could be allowed to be restrained with careful control their reproductive use, 1 - «unsatisfactory» (6%) with the recommendation to carry out the treatment of concomitant pathologies and pass a repeat test in a month.