title: Feline breeding management.
abstract: A comprehensive understanding of behavioral-gonadal-endocrine interrelationships is a prerequisite for the effective management of any feline breeding program. Some of the topics discussed in this article are seasonality of breeding behavior, problems associated with copulation, suggested mating schemes, and pharmacologic control of reproductive cyclicity.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D002415:Cats / Q000502:physiology*; D003307:Copulation; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000502:physiology; D004971:Estrus; D005260:Female; D005306:Fertilization; D008297:Male; D010053:Ovary / Q000502:physiology; D010060:Ovulation; D011247:Pregnancy; D012098:Reproduction; D012621:Seasons; D012741:Sexual Maturation; D014621:Vagina / Q000166:cytology