title: Folliculogenesis, ovulation and endocrine control of oocytes and embryos in the dog.
abstract: Reproductive physiology in dogs is quite unusual compared with that in other mammalian species. The peculiarities include the presence of numerous polyoocyte follicles, the ovulation of an immature oocyte (GV stage, non-fertilizable) and a peri-ovulatory period during which concentrations of circulating progesterone are particularly high. The aim of this review is to examine the unusual aspects of the reproductive physiology of dogs and how this relates to the clinical biology of this species.
authors.affiliation: INRA, UMR 1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France. kreynaud@vet-alfort.fr
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Reynaud
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fontbonne
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saint-Dizier
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thoumire
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marnier
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Tahir
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Meylheuc
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chastant-Maillard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs / Q000196:embryology* / Q000502:physiology*; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D009865:Oocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D006080:Ovarian Follicle / Q000502:physiology*; D010060:Ovulation / Q000502:physiology*