A clinical case report of the effect of administered GnRH, PGF2α and Oxytocin on sperm count and semen volume of a dog with oligospermia

Subject Areas : clinical veterinary science

navid amini ¹ , ourang ataie ² , mehran Farhoodi Moghaddam ³ , sina ghaznavi ⁴

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Received: 2015-06-20 Accepted : 2015-10-27 Published : 2016-08-22

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This study was conducted to compare the effect of single dose treatment of GnRH(Cystorelin ,50 mic/dog,Sc.60 min prior to sperm collection), PGF2α(Veteglan,0/005 mg/kg,Sc,15 min prior to sperm collection) and Oxytocin(Vetacin,10IU/dog,Im,10 min prior to sperm collection) at intervals of one week on canine oligospermy.This project has been done on a 2-years-old mixed breed dog weighing 30 kg with oligospermy along with seven other health dogs with normal sperm count and semen volume as control group . obtained semen from the dogs after each treatment shown that all three doses of oxytocin, prostaglandins and gonadotropins on sperm count and semen volume in this dog with oligospermia have a favorable impact .