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Immunisation: Breeding and Lifeline

Canine Parovirus Immunization: Myths And Realities Time and again, questions have often been asked related to immunization of dogs. For example: Are vaccines safe? What are the risks where adverse reactions are known to occur, such as with MLV distemper and canine adenovirus vaccines? How soon do vaccines provide protection when a dog is exposed [...]

Origin & Domestication Of Dog

The Origins Of The Dog The dog is part of a family of similar animals, which includes not just dogs but also wolves, foxes, coyotes, jackals and wild hunting dogs. All these animals have points in common, the most important being their indispensable and highly adaptable teeth. Long before man met up with the dog [...]

Breeding: Maternal Instinct strong in Dogs

IT is in defence of those females of the canine race which destroy their young at birth that these lines are written. Infanticide is an abhorrent act, and repels us. So the dumb mother who with apparent savagery destroys her young is condemned for a deliberately foul, unnatural deed. She is spurned and placed beyond [...]

Breeding: Brucellosis update

“There is no greater tragedy for a dog breeder than to have a bitch abort or a male dog become infertile. Unfortunately, there is a disease of dogs that causes both abortions and sterility. The disease is canine brucellosis“. These are the chilling words that the James A Baker Institute for Animal Health at Cornell [...]