Petsdogs are really similar to humans in some places. People suffer from infertility, and dogs also have. Both male and female dogs can suffer from infertility. Below, Taogou.com will discuss with you the problem of infertility in dogs.

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Infertility in male dogs refers to the inability to ejaculate during mating, or the absence of sperm in the discharged semen, dead sperm, abnormal sperm, or low survival rate, which cannot fertilize eggs. There are many reasons, such as poor feed quality, lack of vitamins (mainly vitamin A, E), lack of exercise, excessive breeding or long-term non-breeding: male dogs are old and frail, reproductive organ diseases (cryptorchidism, testicular atrophy, testicular and Epididymitis, etc.) or infection with certain diseases, such as brucellosis, tuberculosis, endocrine disorders (androgen deficiency, etc.). The main manifestation is that the male dog has no sexual desire, and the female dog in estrus cannot erect the penis (impotence), or does not ejaculate after erection. Check for poor semen quality.

The method of treating male infertility is to improve the feeding and management conditions and give enough nutrients to enhance the physique. To strengthen physical exercise, breeding should be moderate, to prevent too much or too little. Appropriate treatment should be given to diseases of the reproductive tract. For male dogs with lack of libido, 10 mg of methyl testosterone (methyl ketone) can be administered orally or 20 to 50 mg of testosterone propionate (testosterone propionate) can be injected intramuscularly. For male dogs that are ineffective in treatment or old and frail, they should be eliminated and not used for breeding.

The infertility of bitches refers to bitches over 1.5 years old or who have been able to mate normally in estrus in the past. With infertility, can be considered infertility. The causes of female dog infertility are congenital (such as hermaphroditism, hypoplasia of reproductive organs, etc.), improper feeding and management (such as simple feed, lack of certain essential amino acids, inorganic salts, vitamins, etc.); Frailty, infection of certain diseases (such as brucellosis, tuberculosis, ovarian cysts, endometritis) and so on. The main performance is not estrus, or estrus but repeated infertility, or even unable to mate.

Pregnant horse serum, chorionic gonadotropin and estrogen can be used for the prevention and treatment of infertility in female dogs. Dosage: Serum for pregnant horses (each bottle of refined product contains 400 units, 1000 units and 3000 units) for dogs, 25-200 units/time, subcutaneously or intramuscularly, once a day or every other day. The dosage of chorionic gonadotropin is 25 to 300 units by intramuscular injection. Diethylstilbestrol is 0.2 to 0.5 mg/time. In addition, feeding and management conditions should be improved. If it is still unable to mate and fertilize, it should not be used for seeding.

It can be seen from the above that the infertility of dogs has a lot to do with the food they feed, so when friends feed their dogs, it is best to master some Little knowledge of nutrition matching to prevent malnutrition in dogs.