Artificial insemination in a cat: Report of first successful performance resulted with parturition in Turkey Bir kedide suni tohumlama: Türkiye’de ilk defa doğumla sonuçlanan başarılı bir uygulama raporu

DAŞKIN A., Totan E., OLĞAÇ K. T.

Ankara Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi, vol.69, no.2, pp.225-227, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 69 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.33988/auvfd.985216
  • Journal Name: Ankara Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Veterinary Science Database, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.225-227
  • Keywords: Artificial insemination, queen, tomcat, urethral catheterization, DOMESTIC CAT, SEMEN, PREGNANCY, FRESH
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

© 2022, Chartered Inst. of Building Services Engineers. All rights reserved.In this case, semen that handled by urethral catheterization was deposited into the deepest point of the vagina of an anesthetized queen. Intravaginal artificial insemination was applied on the 2nd day of onset of the oestrus and only single insemination was performed. Insemination time was determined by behavioural and cytological evaluations. Two healthy kittens were obtained 62 days after insemination. The case has important reports in terms of being the first artificial insemination performance in cats in Turkey, resulted in parturition.