Effect of diethylcarbamazine on indexes of fertility in the male dog.
Four nondescript male dogs were given diethylcarbamazine citrate for 6 months at the rate of 13.2 mg/kg/day, twice the daily dose recommended for prevention of heartworm infections; 4 nonmedicated dogs were sham controls. Semen was collected and evaluated weekly or monthly for 6 months. There was no statistically significant deterioration in quantity, morphology, motility, or viability of sperm from the medicated dogs as compared with that of the controls.
D000818:Animals; D004049:Diethylcarbamazine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004285:Dogs / Q000502:physiology*; D005298:Fertility / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000187:drug effects
D004049:Diethylcarbamazine