Dog Male Sterility

Dog Male Sterility

In treating sterility in the male the cause should be determined if possible, but unfortunately, it is not always possible. The spermatic fluid may be cultured to find a microorganism capable of causing sterility. Since the nature of some infections precludes simple treatments, combinations of medications are frequently used. If medications are unsuccessful a needle biopsy may be helpful. A pathologist may study the tissue and determine that there is so much damage that treatment cannot succeed or that medication may be helpful. At least instead of subjecting her to this condition it is far better to keep one or two puppies to nurse for a week or two. They will take enough milk to prevent caking and the mother will dry up as nature intended her to.

The dog male sterility can take place due to two different reasons. One is due to a genetic disorder while the other is through acquired disorders. The following information on dog male sterility would help you to get a clear understanding of the reasons behind the inability of your dog to become fertile.

Dog Male Sterility Information

• Cryptorchidism is a disease when the testes fail to travel down to the scrotum. In case only one testis can go down to the scrotum sack it is known as unilateral cryptorchidism or monorchidism. The condition of the monorchidism may result in the dog being fertile.
• Cryptorchidism may be caused due to other birth defects or the onset of diseases as well.
• The dog male sterility disease known as Isolated cryptorchidism is examined to be affecting dogs at a very young age. Almost 1 to 15 % of the puppies born are found to be suffering from the disease. The rest 75 % of the sterile dogs suffer due to unilateral cryptorchidism.
• If the dog is genetically sterile then it is because Cryptorchidism is associated with the sex-related autosomal recessive train of the gene.
• The Cryptorchidism-affected dog would be showing up several symptoms that may help you to determine whether your doggy is sterile or not. During the time of fetal development, the testes reside somewhere near the region of the kidney and then travel towards the abdominal cavity before descending to the scrotum.
• The time taken by the testes to descend into the scrotum varies from one dog to another but in general, it takes around 10 to 14 days to travel to the scrotum after the birth of a male puppy.

To diagnose the incidence of cryptorchidism palpation of the scrotum is felt. If the palpation does not indicate the presence of the testes even after eight weeks of the birth the dog is diagnosed to be infertile. For treatment, ultrasound is used to detect the location of the two testes in the abdominal cavity. The puppies are sometimes given hormonal treatments that may help young male puppies, especially those below the age of 16 weeks to recover from the sterility disorder.

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