Reproductive Medicine in Ferrets.
In the United States, desexing is performed routinely in ferrets at the age of 6 weeks, therefore reproductive tract diseases are not so common. However, in Europe most ferrets are desexed when they are several months old, or they are kept as intact animals. For this reason, diseases of the reproductive organs and a prolonged estrus are far more frequent in Europe than in the United States. This article summarizes and reviews the anatomy, reproductive physiology, management of reproduction (including surgical and hormonal contraception) and reproductive tract diseases in male and female ferrets.
Avian and Exotic Animal Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackeho tr. 1946/1, 61242 Brno, Czech Republic. Electronic address: jeklv@vfu.cz.
Vladimir
V
Jekl
Avian and Exotic Animal Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackeho tr. 1946/1, 61242 Brno, Czech Republic.
Karel
K
Hauptman
D000818:Animals; D004971:Estrus; D005260:Female; D005289:Ferrets / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012098:Reproduction; D018456:Reproductive Medicine; D014481:United States
Contraception; Deslorelin; Estrus; Ferret; Hyperestrogenism; Neoplasia; Reproduction; Sterilization